California police capture remaining 2 escaped inmates

1 of 3 escaped OC inmates surrenders.
(Image credit: REUTERS/Orange County Sheriff's Department/Handout via Reuters)

The two remaining inmates who had escaped from a California jail last week were taken into custody by San Francisco police Saturday, NBC Los Angeles reports the Orange County Sheriff's Department said. Jonathan Tieu, 20, and Hossein Nayeri, 37, have been on the run since they escaped by rappelling off of the jail roof Jan. 22.

A third inmate who escaped with them, Bac Tien Duong, 43, surrendered Friday in Santa Ana. A jail teacher was arrested Thursday for allegedly aiding the inmates.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.