By ERIC LICAS | elicas@scng.com | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: February 13, 2020 at 10:01 pm | UPDATED: February 13, 2020 at 10:01 pm

A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with the abduction, torture and robbery of a Costa Mesa jewelry store owner, police said Thursday, Feb. 13.

San Bernardino residents Cedrick Reynolds, 28, and Leonard Berry, 31, as well as Marvin Brown 35, of Diamond Bar, were each booked earlier on suspicion of crimes including kidnap for ransom, torture, robbery and battery with serious bodily injury, Costa Mesa police said in a news release. The three men allegedly abducted the owner of Diamond and Jewelry Exchange at 1808 Newport Boulevard on Dec. 4, police said.

They are suspected of forcing him into their vehicle, binding him in duct tape and torturing him over the course of several hours. The alleged kidnappers then returned to his store to rob it. They triggered an alarm on their way out, then drove to a parking lot in Santa Ana and booted the victim out of their vehicle.

A missing persons report had been filed after Costa Mesa police responded to the alarm at the store. Santa Ana police found him early on Dec. 5., and he was taken to a hospital.  TOP ARTICLES2/5READ MORE