State of Hawaii
09/23/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/23/2024 16:08
**UPDATE** News Release – Missing Work Furlough Inmate arrested, returned to custody
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION
KA 'OIHANA HOʻOMALU KALAIMA A HOʻOPONOPONO OLA
JOSH GREEN, M.D.
GOVERNOR
KE KIAʻĀINA
TOMMY JOHNSON
DIRECTOR
KA LUNA HO'OKELE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Sept. 23, 2024
UPDATE: Missing Work Furlough Inmate arrested, returned to custody
HONOLULU - O'ahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) work furlough inmate Bobby M. Cotton is back in custody after sheriff's deputies arrested him at The Queen's Medical Center Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.
Cotton, 51, failed to return to OCCC Module 20 from his job-seeking pass by 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Sheriffs and the Honolulu Police Department were notified.
Cotton sought medical care at Queen's Saturday and someone recognized him. Sheriffs were called and sheriff's deputies subsequently arrested him at the hospital. He was returned to custody at OCCC at approximately 2:25 p.m. Saturday.
Cotton is serving time for second-degree robbery. He may now face an additional second-degree escape charge. Second-degree escape is a Class C felony that is punishable by up to five years in prison, if convicted.
Cotton is a community custody inmate in the work furlough program with pass privileges. Community custody is the lowest classification status.
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Hawai'i Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
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