2 Men Plead Guilty to Assaulting One Orange County Jeweler, Kidnapping Another

Published on April 13, 2024

SANTA ANA, Calif.—Two men have pleaded guilty for their part in kidnapping and robbing a jeweler in Costa Mesa after attempting to kidnap a jeweler in Yorba Linda, according to court records obtained April 11. Marvin Antoine Brown, 30, and Cedrick Emillion Reynolds, 31, pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Mr. Reynolds was sentenced to 23 years in prison and Mr. Brown is scheduled to be sentenced July 11. Co-defendant Leonard Antonyeo Berry, 34, was due in court Friday for a pretrial settlement conference. The three were charged in connection with abductions Nov. 30, 2019, in Yorba Linda and Dec. 4, 2019, in Costa Mesa. The three and a fourth unknown suspect drove from San Bernardino to Yorba Linda in Mr. Reynolds’s Toyota Camry on Nov. 30, 2019, prosecutors said in court papers. They parked outside of a jewelry store owner’s home and when he arrived home, two of the defendants grabbed him and attempted to pull him back into his Audi, prosecutors said....

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