A homeless man from San Francisco is to be given a reward of $100,000 (\u00a371,000) for helping police recapture two prison inmates who had escaped.<\/p>\n
Matthew Hay-Chapman had seen photographs of the two fugitives on the news and spotted them in a stolen van.<\/p>\n
They had broken out of Orange County Jail six days earlier, sparking a state-wide manhunt.<\/p>\n
The full $150,000 (\u00a3106,000) reward was split between four people, with Mr Hay Chapman getting the largest share.<\/p>\n
Two employees of the Target supermarket will each receive $15,000 (\u00a311,000) for alerting officials after surveillance footage showed two men acting suspiciously, officials said.<\/p>\n
A Los Angeles man, whose van was stolen by the fugitives, will receive $20,000 (\u00a314,000).<\/p>\n
He had advertised the vehicle on Craigslist and called the police to report a man who had not returned after a test drive.<\/p>\n
Mr Hay-Chapman spotted the fugitives in the stolen van next to a market in San Francisco and alerted officers in the area.<\/p>\n
Two of the inmates, Hossein Nayeri and Jonathan Tieu, were captured there. The third, Bac Duong, had surrendered a day earlier.<\/p>\n
A cab driver who was held hostage for a week by the three men will not receive any of the reward money.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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