Sheriff: Arrests made in connection with Orange County jail break

last updated 28 January 2016

Five arrests have been made in connection with the escape of three inmates from the Orange County Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana, California, on Friday.

The inmates — Bac Duong, 43; Hossein Nayeri, 37; and Jonathan Tieu, 20 — were all awaiting trial for violent crimes, including torture and murder, when they escaped sometime on Friday. They were last accounted for at 5 a.m., and were reported missing 16 hours later. Sheriff's deputies have served at least 30 warrants in connection to the escape, ABC 7 reports, and a $200,000 reward is being offered for information leading to their arrests.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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