Felon Serving Life Prison Terms Gets Nearly 3 More Years for Orange County Jail Escape

Hossein Nayeri listens to the judges' instructions before the reading of the verdict in his trial in Newport Beach, Calif., on Aug. 16, 2019. Paul Bersebach/The Orange County Register via AP

SANTA ANA, Calif.—The man prosecutors call the mastermind of a 2016 escape by three inmates from the Orange County jail in Santa Ana was sentenced March 24 to two years and eight months in prison for his conviction on felony counts of escaping custody and car theft.

Hossein Nayeri, 44, is already serving two consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for his role in the sexual mutilation of a marijuana dispensary owner in a kidnapping-extortion scheme.