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The vast majority of the $1 million reward offered in the manhunt for rogue
ex-cop Christopher Dorner will go to a couple who he tied up in their Big
Bear cabin, police said Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Police Department posted a document on its website in which
a panel of three judges detailed the payouts for the much-sought reward.
They decided that about $800,000 will go to James and Karen Reynolds. Daniel
McGowan, who found Dorner's burning truck in the Big Bear area where he
eventually was discovered, will get $150,000, and $50,000 will go to tow
truck driver R.L. McDaniel, who reported spotting Dorner at a gas station
earlier in the manhunt.
The $1 million reward was announced by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during
Dorner's rampage in February.
Dorner had vowed warfare on LAPD officers and their families for what he
called an unfair firing. He killed four people, including two law
enforcement officers, during his nearly one-week run from authorities that
ended with his death on Feb. 12.
A dozen parties came forward claiming they provided the key tip that
ultimately led Dorner to hole up in a vacant mountain cabin where he
apparently took his own life after a shootout with law enforcement.
The reward was coordinated through more than 30 agencies or entities,
including the FBI, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the University of Southern
California — but details of the offer were never written down, so it lacked
specifics.
The uncertainty and competing legal claims have caused controversy in the
months since the manhunt ended. Some entities that contributed money for the
reward withdrew their pledges because Dorner wasn't captured or convicted.
The judges' memorandum said in awarding the money, they decided the "
comparative value of the information provided and how directly it causally
led to Dorner's capture."
The manhunt was underway Feb. 7 when McDaniel spotted Dorner at an AM/PM gas
station in Corona. He was about to call police when he spotted an LAPD
squad car and alerted the officers.
"As the officers interviewed Mr. McDaniel, Dorner's vehicle turned back ...
and passed by the AM/PM en route to Interstate 15 northbound. Mr. McDaniel
positively identified the truck," and officers gave chase immediately,
according to the document.
That chase led to two shootouts between Dorner and law enforcement. One
officer was injured in the first shootout, and one was killed and another
was critically wounded in the second.
Dorner then escaped 50 miles northeast to Big Bear, but that wouldn't be
known until the next breakthrough in the investigation, the document said.
McGowan, who works for the Snow Summit ski resort in Big Bear Lake, called
authorities Feb. 7 after he spotted a burning truck on the side of a rarely
used, unpaved fire route. He called authorities, who discovered the truck
belonged to Dorner.
That information initiated an intensive, focused search for Dorner, with
hundreds of Southern California law enforcement officials descending on the
Big Bear Lake area. Officers went door to door hunting for Dorner in the
following days, but it wasn't until Feb. 12 that they received their next
fruitful tip.
Karen Reynolds called authorities to say Dorner had held her and her husband
at gunpoint and tied them up before stealing their purple Nissan SUV to
escape.
Karen Reynolds identified Dorner, gave the location of the cabin and the
Nissan's description. Less than half an hour later, he was spotted by Fish
and Wildlife wardens and a chase ensued.
Dorner then crashed the Reynolds' vehicle and carjacked camp ranger Rick
Heltebrake, and it was his vehicle that was tracked to a cabin where Dorner
later died.
A message seeking comment was left for James Reynolds on Tuesday night.
Heltebrake filed a lawsuit last week seeking the $1 million reward but did
not submit a claim under the reward's process, according to the document. To
qualify for the reward, claimants had to have contacted law enforcement and
provide information that furthered the investigation and led to capture.
A message seeking comment was left for Heltebrake's lawyer.
ex-cop Christopher Dorner will go to a couple who he tied up in their Big
Bear cabin, police said Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Police Department posted a document on its website in which
a panel of three judges detailed the payouts for the much-sought reward.
They decided that about $800,000 will go to James and Karen Reynolds. Daniel
McGowan, who found Dorner's burning truck in the Big Bear area where he
eventually was discovered, will get $150,000, and $50,000 will go to tow
truck driver R.L. McDaniel, who reported spotting Dorner at a gas station
earlier in the manhunt.
The $1 million reward was announced by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during
Dorner's rampage in February.
Dorner had vowed warfare on LAPD officers and their families for what he
called an unfair firing. He killed four people, including two law
enforcement officers, during his nearly one-week run from authorities that
ended with his death on Feb. 12.
A dozen parties came forward claiming they provided the key tip that
ultimately led Dorner to hole up in a vacant mountain cabin where he
apparently took his own life after a shootout with law enforcement.
The reward was coordinated through more than 30 agencies or entities,
including the FBI, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the University of Southern
California — but details of the offer were never written down, so it lacked
specifics.
The uncertainty and competing legal claims have caused controversy in the
months since the manhunt ended. Some entities that contributed money for the
reward withdrew their pledges because Dorner wasn't captured or convicted.
The judges' memorandum said in awarding the money, they decided the "
comparative value of the information provided and how directly it causally
led to Dorner's capture."
The manhunt was underway Feb. 7 when McDaniel spotted Dorner at an AM/PM gas
station in Corona. He was about to call police when he spotted an LAPD
squad car and alerted the officers.
"As the officers interviewed Mr. McDaniel, Dorner's vehicle turned back ...
and passed by the AM/PM en route to Interstate 15 northbound. Mr. McDaniel
positively identified the truck," and officers gave chase immediately,
according to the document.
That chase led to two shootouts between Dorner and law enforcement. One
officer was injured in the first shootout, and one was killed and another
was critically wounded in the second.
Dorner then escaped 50 miles northeast to Big Bear, but that wouldn't be
known until the next breakthrough in the investigation, the document said.
McGowan, who works for the Snow Summit ski resort in Big Bear Lake, called
authorities Feb. 7 after he spotted a burning truck on the side of a rarely
used, unpaved fire route. He called authorities, who discovered the truck
belonged to Dorner.
That information initiated an intensive, focused search for Dorner, with
hundreds of Southern California law enforcement officials descending on the
Big Bear Lake area. Officers went door to door hunting for Dorner in the
following days, but it wasn't until Feb. 12 that they received their next
fruitful tip.
Karen Reynolds called authorities to say Dorner had held her and her husband
at gunpoint and tied them up before stealing their purple Nissan SUV to
escape.
Karen Reynolds identified Dorner, gave the location of the cabin and the
Nissan's description. Less than half an hour later, he was spotted by Fish
and Wildlife wardens and a chase ensued.
Dorner then crashed the Reynolds' vehicle and carjacked camp ranger Rick
Heltebrake, and it was his vehicle that was tracked to a cabin where Dorner
later died.
A message seeking comment was left for James Reynolds on Tuesday night.
Heltebrake filed a lawsuit last week seeking the $1 million reward but did
not submit a claim under the reward's process, according to the document. To
qualify for the reward, claimants had to have contacted law enforcement and
provide information that furthered the investigation and led to capture.
A message seeking comment was left for Heltebrake's lawyer.
