A homeless San Francisco man is set to be awarded $100,000 for tipping police to the location of two fugitives who escaped from jail in Orange County in January, and three others will get a total of $50,000. Before police could close in, a man with a medical emergency collapsed in front of them; as the officers called for an ambulance, Nayeri attempted to sneak away. He noticed a lot of steam in the windows and condensation, cues he recognized as someone possibly living in the van from his own experiences sleeping in cars.
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In line to get the bounty money, Chapman has to told he’d like to use the cash to start a new life and help his grown kids who have also had some rough times.
Long Hoang Ma’s attorney addressed the Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, prior to the board’s vote on how to divvy up the reward money, demanding that his client be compensated for his involvement in inmate Bac Duong’s recapture.
The owner of the van, Armando Damian, of Los Angeles, told police that a man who wanted to buy his van had taken it for a test drive but failed to return.
Once the officer got a good look at Nayeri, it sparked an immediate chase – as luck would have it, right toward the police station.
An English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher working inside the jail provided Google Earth maps of the jail and its surroundings to Nayeri, who was taking ESL classes even though he spoke English.
Speaking to the Chronicle a few days after the pair’s capture, Hay-Chapman said he was aware of the potential reward money but said, “that didn’t matter”.
A Target store manager and a loss prevention officer will each receive $15,000. The next day, she reviewed store surveillance video with security guard Arana, who saw media reports about the escape and suspected the three men seen in the footage were Nayeri, Tieu and Bac Duong, officials said.
The trio escaped the Orange County Central Men’s Jail on January 22 after concocting an elaborate escape plan that involved cutting through steel bars, plumbing tunnels and rappelling down the jail’s roof.
The cab driver who was held hostage by the thieves will not receive anything as the reward as he did not give information about the escaped inmates’ capture.
The county had approved a $150,000 reward, one for each inmate.
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Hay-Chapman spotted fugitives Hossein Nayeri and Jonathan Tieu after seeing their mug shots in the news.
