One inmate caught; two remain at large

santa ana, calif. » 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 said. The other twomen remained at large.

Bac Duong, 43, was taken into custody in Santa Ana,

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where the three made their brazen escape Jan. 22 fromthe maximum security facility, Orange County Sheriff SandraHutchens said.

Lee Tran, an owner of Auto Electric Rebuilders, said Duong came to the shop looking for Tran’s sister, Theresa, and told her that he wanted to surrender.

“Hewas scared for his life, pretty much,” Tran said. “That’s why he asked one of our people to turn him in.”

Tran says his sister called 911, and Duong stood outside, smoked a cigarette and waited for police, who arrived minutes later.

Tran said his sister’s boyfriend knows Duong and marshals had come by to speak with her earlier this week because she might have visited Duong in jail.

Shortly after the latemorning arrest, a team of well- armed officers in protective vests swarmed the business.

Hutchens declined to provide any further details at a hastily called news conference that lasted less than three minutes.

“We just got this information. And, as you can imagine, we are pretty busy working this,” she said, adding that authorities were still searching for a white van they believe Duong had stolen lastweek.

Duong, 20- year- old Jonathan Tieu and 37- year- old Hossein Nayeri had all been awaiting trial for separate violent crimes. They were held in a dormitory with about 65 other men in the jail about 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles.