US hunts for three in California after brazen jailbreak

January 25, 2016 09:17

US authorities have hunted for three California prisoners, including a man charged with murder, who staged a brazen jailbreak that reportedly involved rappelling from the roof of a maximum-security facility using

bed sheets.

Jonathan Tieu, Bac Duong and Hossein Nayeri went missing from the Orange County Men's Central Jail in Santa Ana, in southern California on Friday, officials said.

"The three escapees ... are dangerous criminals," Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens warned.

"My investigations team is working around the clock with the Orange County District Attorney's Office, the Orange County Probation Office, the US Marshals and the FBI."

"I am confident that this collaborative effort will result in returning these inmates to where they belong -- behind bars," Hutchens added in a statement yesterday.

The FBI and US Marshals Service have offered a reward of up to USD 50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the fugitive trio.

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