One of three maximum-security inmates who escaped from atop a five-story jail in Southern California last week turned himself into police Friday.
Bac Duong, a 43-year-old who was in custody on an attempted murder charge, turned himself into Santa Ana police shortly before noon, the Los Angeles Times reported. Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna confirmed to BuzzFeed News that Duong was in custody, but would not say whether the inmate surrendered.
Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens told the Associated Press that Duong flagged someone down on a street and said he wanted to turn himself in.
Upwards of 10 people have so far been arrested on suspicion of helping the men, some of whom officials say belong to a Vietnamese-American gang in Orange County. The other two inmates — Jonathan Tieu, 20, Hossein Nayeri, 37 — remain at large.
A $200,000 reward has been offered for the capture of the men, who cut through steel bars into plumbing tunnels at the jail to gain access to the roof last week. They then rappelled down five stories using rope improvised from jail linens, authorities said.
A 44-year-old English as a Second Language teacher was taken into custody on Thursday on suspicion of aiding the inmates.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department believes Nooshafarian Ravaghi, 44, provided information, including Google maps, to the inmates and may have also given them tools to cut through a steel grate and inch-thick metal bars.
Sheriff's officials posted cellphone video footage of the arrest on its YouTube channel:
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