Inmates Back in Southern California After Arrest in San Francisco
By Jessica Perez ••
Two inmates who escaped an Orange County jail arrived in Southern California after they were arrested in San Francisco. Jane Yamamoto reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016.
Two inmates who escaped an Orange County jail over a week ago arrived in Southern California early Sunday morning after they were arrested in San Francisco, authorities said.
A video released by the Orange County Sheriff's Department showed deputies escorting Jonathan Tieu, 20, and Hossein Nayeri, 37, to the Orange County Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana around 1 a.m. Sunday.
Tieu and Nayeri were taken into custody by the San Francisco Police Department around 8:50 a.m. Saturday after a receiving a tip from an observant witness, Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens said.
A man alerted police after seeing a white GMC van near Golden Gate Park that looked similar to the one authorities reported the fugitives had stolen, authorities said.
According to Hutchens, as officers approached the van, Nayeri started to run. He was caught after a short chase at Waller and Stanyan streets. Tieu was found hiding in the van parked at Haight and Stanyan streets. Several rounds of ammunition were also found in the van, however no weapons were recovered, Hutchens said.
Tieu and Nayeri were held at the San Francisco County Jail before being transfered back into Orange County custody.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Inmates Jonathan Tieu and Hossein Nayeri are escorted into the Orange County Central Men’s Jail in Santa Ana on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016. Tieu and Nayeri were recaptured in San Francisco after they escaped along with Bac Duong from the maximum security jail on Jan. 22, 2016.
Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's Department
Orange County prison escapee Bac Duong, next to his distinctive arm markings, in photos released Jan. 27, 2017.
Courtesy Orange County Sheriff's Department
Orange County prison escapee Bac Duong has distinctive tattoos officials hope will help someone identify him and his whereabouts were released Jan. 27, 2017.
Orange County Sheriff's Department
A still from cellphone video shows 43-year-old fugitive Bac Duong back in custody on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, a week after his escape from the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana in Orange County.
KNBC-TV
A weeklong manhunt for three Orange County jail escapees led sheriff's deputies to a car lot in the rear of a Santa Ana auto repair shop following the capture of fugitive Bac Duong on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016.
KNBC-TV
Orange County sheriff's deputies armed with rifles scour a Santa Ana car lot in search of two remaining jail escapees, following the capture of fugitive Bac Duong on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016.
OCSD
A photo of fugitive jail inmate Hossein Nayeri provided Thursday Jan. 28, 2016 by the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Orange County Sheriff's Department
A photo of fugitive jail inmate Jonathan Tieu provided Friday, Jan. 22, 2016 by the Orange County Sheriff's Department.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Officials said three inmates escaped the Orange County Central Men's Jail using a makeshift rope made with linens on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Officials released images of a cut steel screen in the tank where three escapees were housed at the Orange County Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Officials released an image of the exterior to the Orange County Central Men's Jail built in 1968, which currently houses more than 900 inmates.
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Investigators believe the escaped inmates stole a white GMC Savana utility van in the South Los Angeles and may be living out of it. The van has paper license plates from Felix Chevrolet, with plate number 8U66466, although the plates may have been removed and replaced.
Associated Press
A sheriff's search team looks for clue in the escape of three inmates Friday Jan. 22, 2016 from the Orange County Jail in Santa Ana.
Orange County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's deputies were searching for three inmates believed to have escaped from the Orange County Central Men's Jail on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016.
KNBC-TV
A look at the nearly six story drop OC jail inmates took during their Jan. 22, 2016 escape from a jail in Santa Ana.
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A look at the rooftop from which three OC jail inmates rappelled during their Jan. 22, 2016 escape from a jail in Santa Ana.
OCSD
A 44-year-old Lake Forest woman who taught English classes at the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana arrested Thursday Jan. 28, 2016 on suspicion of helping three inmates escape from lockup. Nooshafarin Ravaghi, who works for the Rancho Santiago Community College District, has been teaching English-as-a-second-language classes at the jail since July 2015
OCSD
A 44-year-old Lake Forest woman who taught English classes at the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana arrested Thursday Jan. 28, 2016 on suspicion of helping three inmates escape from lockup. Nooshafarin Ravaghi, who works for the Rancho Santiago Community College District, has been teaching English-as-a-second-language classes at the jail since July 2015
The three men escaped from the maximum security jail on Jan. 22, in what authorities called an elaborate plan. The inmates allegedly cut through a steel grate, half-inch steel bars and plumbing tunnels before making their way to an unsecured part of the jail's roof and using makeshift ropes to rappel several floors to the ground.
The escape launched an eight-day manhunt that led to 10 arrests, including a teacher who worked at the jail and was believed to have played a "significant role" in the planning of the jailbreak.
Nayeri had been in custody since September 2014, Tieu since October 2013 and Duong since December. All three inmates were in custody for violent charges and will face additional charges related to the escape.
