All posts tagged "OC jail"

  • Long Hoang Ma, a California taxi driver held hostage for a week by three escaped inmates, shows how his captors held a gun to him as he talks about his experiences during an interview at the offices of Vietnamese-language newspaper Nguoi Viet in Westminster, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. Ma said the fugitives laughed gleefully as they watched TV reports about the search from motel rooms where they holed up during the manhunt. Ma also said he was befriended by inmate Bac Duong, who called him "uncle" and served as his protector as the fugitives argued over whether to kill him.(AP Photo/Nick Ut)
    Kidnapped cab driver recalls ordeal with California inmates

    WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — A 74-year-old California taxi driver expected to die when an escaped jail inmate put a gun to his stomach and kidnapped him. But on Wednesday, the driver instead thanked the man for saving...

    • Posted February 3, 2016
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  • Bac Duong, 43, surrendered to Santa Ana police on Friday after escaping from an Orange County jailhouse. (Orange County Sheriff's Department)
    Authorities: 1 of 3 fugitive inmates arrested in California

    SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Police arrested one of three violent fugitive inmates on Friday after he told a woman in the same city where the jailbreak occurred a week ago that he wanted to surrender, authorities...

    • Posted January 29, 2016
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