‘ ups and downs ’ his family said hay - chapman has trouble staying on a steady course , but did not have a drug or alcohol problem .
crawls are in law enforcement .
as a result , hay - chapman is in line to collect $ 140,000 in reward money .
before his life fell apart , hay - chapman worked as a carpenter , as a heating and air conditioning installer , as a vault locksmith and as a hotel night manager .
“ when they told me about the benefits , that did n’t matter , ” chapman said tuesday in front of the mcdonald ’s at haight and stanyan streets , still proudly wearing the black hoodie that san francisco police gave him as thanks for his assistance .
now he hopes to use the reward money not just to rebuild his own life , but also to help a troubled son , disabled daughter and two young grandchildren who are in foster care in oregon .
the man credited with helping san francisco police capture a pair of orange county jail escapees over the weekend is an unlikely hero .
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his 30 - year - old son lost custody of his two children because of struggles with drug addiction .