When three bad actors in an Orange County lockup decided to take the mickey on the law of the land, it almost seemed as if they were acting out scenes from a Hollywood movie script.
Lucky for us, they filmed their great escape on a contraband cell phone and then made it even better by skillfully editing in a Mission Impossible-themed soundtrack!
In this action-packed flick, 37-year-old anti-hero and ringleader Adam Hossein Nayeri played the leading man, while fellow OC inmates Bac Duong, 43, and Jonathan Tieu, 20, were in the supporting roles.
The footage, which was released by an attorney connected with the case, shows the smug look Nayeri’s face moments before he volunteered himself for the the prison’s “early release” program.
How he managed to smuggle in a cell phone, and then slip out from underneath the noses of the not-so-astute guards at Central Men’s Jail in Santa Ana, California is anyone’s guess. But, he’d obviously been plotting this caper for a while.
When no one was looking, Nayeri used a sawed-off bunk bed leg to carve a hole into an air vent, which was located right inside his maximum security dorm.
After successfully wiggling his way through the narrow opening, Nayeri gave the thumbs up sign as if to say, “This is my get-out-of-jail-free card, suckers!”
There were still plenty of hazards to navigate, however. The trio ended up having to crawl like rats through the plumbing shafts inside the prison walls. When it came time to climb to the roof, well they had that covered.
They brought along their bedsheets to use as a rope ladder to help them get away.
This story wouldn’t be complete without the requisite carjacking, and in this case it was a cab driver named Mr. Long Ma who was the underpaid “extra” in this adventure. The man was forced to drive hardened criminals to San Francisco, where they posed like tourists on the corner of Haight-Ashbury street.
The fugitives took some time out of their busy schedule to snap some selfies with the cabbie they kidnapped.
Because apparently that’s how you soothe things over while increasing your Internet karma points.
A stolen white van was their hideout, and it had all the comforts of home.
The setup was somewhat ironic, considering their jail cell probably had more leg room, but that’s what the lawn chair in their getaway stash was for.
Their glamping van was well-stocked with all the luxuries they were missing in prison, like bottled water, bananas, and (drum roll please) – weed! Incredibly, it’s Nayeri’s emphasis on the bananas that’s the crazy mash-up here!
“This is our casa for the moment. This is our crib. Water, all the basics. You want some bananas. No, we don’t have crack, crystal meth. Don’t have that we smoking weed and eating bananas. It’s kinda bananas.”
Now, just because these colorful characters were savvy enough to break out of prison doesn’t mean they were actually smart enough to stay hidden.
Too bad for them, the coppers were already onto them!
After eight days on the lam, Nayeri and his crew were caught and hauled back to their rightful place behind bars. But, not before Bac Duong tried to become the first man in history to collect the $180K reward on himself for turning himself in.
I guess what they say must be true – crime really doesn’t pay.
Watch these bad boys vlog about their prison break!
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