SANTA ANA, Calif.—A 30-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison for his part in kidnapping and robbing a jeweler in Costa Mesa and attempting to kidnap a jeweler in Yorba Linda.
Marvin Antoine Brown, who pleaded guilty in April, was given credit for about five years in custody, according to his attorney Joel Garson. Co-defendant Cedrick Emillion Reynolds, 33, who also pleaded guilty in April, was also sentenced to 23 years in prison.
Co-defendant Leonard Antonyeo Berry, 35, also pleaded guilty in April to conspiracy to commit a crime, attempted kidnapping to commit a robbery, kidnapping for a robbery, torture, robbery, false imprisonment and battery, all felonies, and admitted sentencing enhancements for the personal use of a gun and inflicting great bodily injury on a victim….