SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) --
The reward has risen to $200,000 for information leading to the arrests of three men who escaped from a maximum-security jail in Santa Ana Friday by cutting through metal, crawling through plumbing tunnels, climbing a roof and rappelling down four stories to freedom using ropes made from bedsheets. Jonathan Tieu, 20, Bac Duong, 43, and Hossein Nayeri, 37, were all awaiting trial for violent crimes but their cases were unconnected. The three inmates were last seen at 5 a.m. Friday at the Orange County Central Men's Jail. Their disappearance wasn't noticed until about 16 hours later when a nighttime count was conducted. Tieu is a well-documented Vietnamese gang member who had been held on a $1 million bond since October 2013 on charges of murder, attempted murder and shooting at an inhabited dwelling. Nayeri had been held without bond since September 2014 on charges of kidnapping, torture, aggravated mayhem and burglary. Duong was being held without bond since last month on charges of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, shooting at an inhabited dwelling, being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm and other charges. Sheriff's deputies have since served at least 30 warrants in the investigation into their escape.
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