( CNN ) -- A man who evaded the law for 34 years was sentenced to 36 to 40 years in prison Thursday for raping three women in Massachusetts in 1978 . Gary Irving , 52 , learned his fate in Norfolk Superior Court , the same court that convicted him more than three decades ago . Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey expressed remorse to the women Irving raped and apologized for the long wait for justice . `` I am sorry that so much strength and perseverance was asked of you . That the courage and resolve you showed testifying in 1979 resulted in decades of continuing injustice . Today does not erase that injustice , but does end it , '' he said after Irving 's sentencing . Irving will serve two consecutive 18- to 20-year sentences with a 7- to 10-year concurrent sentence on kidnapping charges . He will also serve 20 years ' probation for all other charges , said Norfolk district attorney 's office spokesman David Traub in an e-mail to CNN . `` We felt that the calculated brutality of these crimes , the repeated nature of these attacks , warranted a very long prison term . We are pleased that the court has now ordered a long prison term , '' Morrissey said in a statement . In 1979 , Irving was convicted of three counts of rape with force , unnatural acts and kidnapping , Massachusetts State Police said . In one incident , Irving knocked the victim off her bike and took her to a secluded area , where he repeatedly raped her . During another attack , Irving threatened a victim with a knife if she did not comply with his sexual demands . A 12-member jury found him guilty on all counts . The judge -- new to the job -- offered him a weekend to put his affairs in order before reporting to jail . Irving never returned . Instead , he fled Massachusetts and landed on the state 's Most Wanted list , where he remained for 34 years . After he fled , Irving 's profile was featured on the TV shows `` America 's Most Wanted , '' `` Unsolved Mysteries '' and `` Real Stories of the Highway Patrol , '' according to the Most Wanted poster . Police found Irving at his Gorham , Maine , home in March , where he had been living under the name Gregg Irving , the name of his younger brother , said Massachusetts State Police spokesman Dave Procopio in a statement . Police would not divulge what led authorities to Irving . Records show he had lived there since 2002 and perhaps since the mid-1980s , police said . Confirmation of his identity was made via a scar on his chest from heart surgery he underwent as a child and a fingerprint match , police said . CNN 's requests for comment from Irving 's attorneys were not immediately returned . CNN 's Tom Watkins , Rande Iaboni and Morgan Winsor contributed to this report .
Morrissey is sentenced to up to 40 years in prison after three on the lam . Irving was convicted of raping three Maine women in up to 40 years . He jumped bail and was found living in Massachusetts using his brother 's name .