The mastermind of the Gert Boyle kidnapping plot was sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison as part of a plea deal. Judge Robert Herndon said the scheme by Nestor Guttierez against the Columbia Sportswear Chair was desperate and lame-brained. His accomplices received lesser sentences for their role in the crime. Boyle got away when she hit the silent panic alarm in her West Linn home.