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A video newly obtained by NBC4 shows the first-person vantage point, taken on a contraband cellphone, of the daring escape of three men last year from a maximum-security wing at an Orange County jail and scenes from their days on the run.

A judge on Wednesday ruled three Southern California inmates can stand trial on charges of making a brazen escape from jail before leading authorities on a weeklong manhunt.

A San Francisco homeless man received his $100,000 reward on Thursday after he helped police capture three escaped inmates.

A $150,000 reward for the capture of two inmates who escaped a Southern California prison in January will be divided among four people, including two Target employees and a homeless man, the Orange County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday.

The cab driver who was kidnapped and forced to drive three escaped Orange County inmates all over the state said Wednesday he feels lucky to be alive.

A homeless man in San Francisco who reported sighting a stolen van being used by two jail fugitives could end up collecting $140,000 in reward money, according to a newspaper account.

One of the three Orange County fugitives who made a daring jail escape was in court on Tuesday where he faced charges of kidnapping and torture related to a case that happened years before last week’s escape.

With the three jail escapees back in custody, authorities Monday revealed the arrest and subsequent release on bail of Loc Ba Nguyen, who allegedly helped the escapees by smuggling items to them in jail, and then picking them up after the escape. During the ensuing manhunt, Nguyen cooperated with authorities, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.

Two of the three inmates who escaped from an Orange County jail fought over whether they should kill a taxi driver they kidnapped and held at a San Jose motel before one of them drove back to Southern California and surrendered to authorities, sheriff’s officials said on Monday.

After two dangerous fugitives were captured in San Francisco after breaking out of an Orange County jail eight days earlier, eye witnesses were speaking out about the capture Saturday.

Santa Ana residents were breathing easier Saturday after knowing the three dangerous — and armed — inmates who escaped from the nearby Orange County Jail had finally been captured.

The three fugitives who broke out of their maximum security jail dorm early Friday in an elaborate escape that could be ripped from the pages of a Hollywood script were considered armed and dangerous as their criminal histories began to emerge.

Investigators reached out to the public Monday in an effort to track down information on three inmates who escaped over the weekend from an Orange County jail.

A reward of up to $50,000 has been offered for information leading to the recapture of three inmates who escaped from an Orange County jail, authorities said Sunday.