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Sheriff Hutchens outlines her efforts to harden the OC Men’s Jail

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Sheriff Hutchens Outlines Efforts to Harden OC Men’s Jail

SANTA ANA, Ca. (August 19, 2016) – Sheriff Sandra Hutchens released additional details today about the January 22, 2016 escape of inmates Hossein Nayeri, Bac Duong, and Jonathan Tieu from OC Central Men’s Jail (CMJ) and the improvements made to harden the CMJ in the six months since the escape.

Immediate:

o    Points of exit used by inmates secured

o    Inmate count procedures rebriefed

o    Tool inventory and search protocol instituted

o    Jail Hardening Team formed Continue reading→

Man to be charged with aiding the three O.C. Jail escapees and giving them cash and booze

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 16WF0517

Date: March 14, 2016

MAN TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR AIDING IN THREE DEFENDANTS’ ESCAPE FROM OCJ BY PROVIDING MONEY AND ALCOHOL

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man is scheduled to be arraigned today for aiding in three defendants’ escape from the Orange County Men’s Central Jail (OCJ) by providing them with money and alcohol. Tung Nguyen, 41, Westminster, is charged with one felony count of being an accessory after the fact. If convicted, Nguyen faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison. Nguyen is scheduled to be arraigned today, March 14, 2016, in Department CJ-1, Central Jail, Santa Ana. The time is to be determined.

Between 5:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Jan. 22, 2016, Hossein Nayeri, Duong, and Jonathan Tieu are accused of escaping custody from OCJ through pipelines and by rappelling themselves down from the building’s roof. Continue reading→

OC Sheriff Hutchens won’t provide updates on the OC Jail escape investigation

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NEWS, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Lt. Mark Stichter, 714.904.7042, MKStichter@ocsd.org; Carrie Braun, 714.552.5795, CBraun@ocsd.org

Update on Jail Escape Investigation

SANTA ANA, Calif. (February 4, 2016) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department has initiated an internal administrative investigation into the circumstances of the jail escape in January of 2016 involving inmates Bac Duong, Hossein Nayeri, and Jonathan Tieu from the Central Men’s Jail.

“I have been very clear from the onset of the jail escape investigation that I am deeply concerned about the length of time it took to recognize that three maximum security inmates were unaccounted for,” said Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. “I have initiated an internal administrative investigation to determine the facts of what occurred, contributing factors to the escape and inmate count procedures. Until the investigation is complete, I am unable to discuss it further. Please know that we have taken immediate action to ensure that this situation will not happen again. There have been no personnel changes as of this time.” Continue reading→

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

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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

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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→

More than 50 OCDA employees were involved in the OC Jail escape case

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Date: January 30, 2016

OVER 50 OCDA PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN HELPING TO CAPTURE AND PREPARING CASES FOR PROSECUTION RELATING TO THE JAIL ESCAPE

*Arraignments on captured escapees will likely be on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016

SANTA ANA, Calif. – More than 50 Orange County District Attorney Office (OCDA) personnel were involved in the assistance of the investigation and the preparation for the cases relating to the jail escape. On Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, we will discuss any charges other individuals face due to their involvement in the escape of Bac Tien Duong, 43, Hossein Nayeri, 37, Newport Beach, and Jonathan Tieu, 20, Fountain Valley, through planning, assistance during the escape, or harboring the three inmates after the fact. The investigation is ongoing. As soon as a court date, time, and location is set for the arraignments of the escapees, we will announce the information. Continue reading→

Why has no one at the OC Central Men’s Jail been disciplined over the recent escape?

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January was a bad month for O.C. Sheriff Sandra Hutchens. Not only did three inmates escape from the O.C. Central Men’s Jail – a Deputy Sheriff also left an AR-15 rifle on the trunk of his car and drove off. That weapon has still not been recovered.

Hutchens has not had much to say about the jailbreak. Here is the one-paragraph statement she released yesterday: Continue reading→

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

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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

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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

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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 the O.C. Men’s Central Jail escaped inmates increased to $200K

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Supervisors Increase Reward for Information on Jail Escapees

The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved increasing the reward for information leading to the apprehension of three escaped inmates from the Orange County Men’s Central Jail to a total of $200,000.

Board members unanimously approved adding up to $50,000 each for information leading to the capture of inmates Hossein Nayeri, 37; Jonathan Tieu, 20; and Bac Duong, 43, who escaped from the jail sometime on Friday, January 22, 2016. The U.S. Marshals Service already has pledged $10,000 each for information on the three inmates while the Federal Bureau of Investigation contributed another $20,000. Continue reading→

The three O.C. jail escapees are now facing additional felony charges

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ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY PRESS RELEASE

Case # 16CF0198

Date: January 25, 2016

THREE DEFENDANTS CHARGED WITH ESCAPING FROM ORANGE COUNTY JAIL

SANTA ANA, Calif. – Three previously charged defendants were charged today for escaping from Orange County Jail. Bac Tien Duong, 43, Hossein Nayeri, 37, Newport Beach, and Jonathan Tieu, 20, Fountain Valley, are each charged with one felony count of escape from pending felony charges. Duong faces also faces sentencing enhancements for a prior strike conviction for first degree burglary in 1995 in San Diego County, prior prison convictions for second degree burglary in 2007, reckless evading of a peace officer in 2008, and possession for sale of a controlled substance in 2011.

If convicted, Nayeri and Tieu face a maximum sentence of three years in state prison for this case. Duong faces a maximum sentence of nine years in state prison for this case. Continue reading→

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

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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→