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The OC Jail escapees kidnapped a Santa Ana taxi driver and fought over his fate

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Orange County, Santa Ana Leave a comment

Orange County Sheriff’s Capt. Jeff Hallock revealed at a press conference today that a Santa Ana taxi driver was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to transport three escapees from the Orange County Jail for several days during which two of the fugitives argued about killing him and burying his body, according to the OC Register.

When the escaped convicts, Hossein Nayeri, 37, Jonathan Tieu, 20 and Bac Duong, 43, fled from the Orange County Central Men’s Jail, after rappelling from a rooftop five stories above the street level, on Jan. 22, just after 5 a.m., they were driven to residences in Westminster, Huntington Beach and Santa Ana, where family and friends gave them money. Continue reading→

Man charged with smuggling tools used in the OC Jail escape

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Gangs, OCDA, Santa Ana 1 Comment

A man named Loc Ba Nguyen has been arrrsted and charged with smuggling tools into the Orange County Jail that helped three inmates escape on Jan. 22, according to the OC Register.

Nguyen is looking at a possible sentence of five years and four months in a state prison for smuggling the tools. Continue reading→

Updated: The two remaining OC Jail escapees are under arrest in San Francisco

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Santa Ana Leave a comment

The two escapees from the Orange County Jail that were still at large have been arrested by the San Francisco Police Department, according to the Orange County Sheriff Department’s Twitter page.

Escaped inmate Bac Duong was the first to return to custody when he turned himself in on Friday January 29, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. in Santa Ana. Continue reading→

O.C. Jail escapee Bac Duong turned himself in this morning

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Orange County, Santa Ana Leave a comment

One of the inmates who escaped last week from the Orange County Men’s Central Jail, Bac Duong, turned himself in this morning, according to the O.C. Register.

Duong, who is 43 years old, was arrested just before noon today near the Auto Electric Rebuilders shop at 1421 N. Harbor Blvd., in Santa Ana, after he got in touch with a woman in Santa Ana.

Duong apparently approached a passerby on the street and said that he wanted to turn himself in. Continue reading→

ESL teacher suspected of helping the escaped OC Jail inmates is arrested

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Education, Orange County, Santa Ana 1 Comment

Nooshafarian Ravaghi, 44, of Lake Forest, an English as a Second Language teacher from the Rancho Santiago Community College District who worked in the OC Central Men’s Jail has been arrested, according to the O.C. Register.

Ravaghi allegedly helped the three escaped inmates – Hossein Nayeri, Jonathan Tieu and Bac Duong to escape by providing them with Google Maps and in other ways not yet disclosed by the OC Sheriff.

The motive? Apparently Ravaghi and Nayeri exceeded their student-teacher association as they developed what has been described as a “closer relationship.” Continue reading→

Five arrested for allegedly aiding in the escape from the OC Central Men’s Jail

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Orange County, Santa Ana Leave a comment

You might have noticed a lot of police activity in Santa Ana today. Apparently the OC Sheriff’s Department arrested five people today in connection with the three violent inmates who escaped from the Orange County Men’s Central Jail, in Santa Ana, according to the O.C. Register.

Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said that the five people who were arrested today helped the escapees in some undetermined fashion. They may have been involved in helping to smuggle the cutting tools used in the escape into the jail. Continue reading→

Reward for information about the OC Jail escapees increased to $50,000

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Orange County, Santa Ana Leave a comment

The U.S. Marshals Service has kicked in an additional $30,000 in addition to the $20,000 already offered by the FBI for information leading to the re-arrest of Hossein Nayeri, Jonathan Tieu and Bac Duong, according to the O.C. Register.

Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens updated the press today at 4 pm regarding the search for the O.C. Central Men’s Jail escapees, according to the O.C. Sheriff Department’s Twitter page. Continue reading→

Three dangerous inmates escaped from the O.C. Central Men’s Jail on Friday

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Editor Posted in Crime, Orange County, Santa Ana 6 Comments

NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org; Carrie Braun, 714.647.1848, CBraun@ocsd.org

SPECIAL BULLETIN: JAIL ESCAPE

SANTA ANA, Calif. (January 23, 2016) – On Friday, January 22, 2016, inmates NAYERI, Hossein, 37, TIEU, Jonathan, 20, and DUONG, Bac, 43, were discovered unaccounted for at the Orange County Central Men’s Jail. An immediate search was conducted of the Central Jail Complex and adjacent Civic Center area of Santa Ana; however, all indications are that the inmates escaped the jail and have fled the area. Based on the preliminary investigation, the inmates were last confirmed to be seen during the morning hours of Friday, January 22, 2016. Continue reading→