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MEDIA RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, July 29, 2005   10:47 AM
ARMED ROBBERY

Sheriff Rob Outhouse reports that on Saturday July 23rd at 9:30 PM Deputies responded to a report of an armed robbery at Nino’s Pizzeria in the Village of Port Byron. Employees reported that a female entered the pizza shop, displayed a knife and demanded money from the cashier. The female left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect was described as a white female in her twenties or thirties, about 5’10” tall, weighing about 250 pounds with long dark hair in a ponytail. She was wearing a green tank top and black shorts. She was last seen getting into a dark colored Dodge Stratus type vehicle, which traveled, northbound on Church Street.

On Thursday afternoon July 28, 2005 Detectives arrested Stacy A. Vantassell, age 30, of 134 Woodlawn Ave in Auburn for robbery. Detectives received tips that led them to Vantassell as well as her vehicle, a black 2003 Dodge Stratus. The tips that were received were a result of local media coverage.

The description of Vantassell and her vehicle obtained by the pizzeria’s employee was key in making this arrest possible.

“Once again our eyes and ears in the community, the public, prove to be one of our most valuable resources. We greatly appreciate the media’s assistance in publicizing the information that was ever important in solving this case.”

Sheriff Rob Outhouse

The Sheriff asks that anyone with any information they believe would be helpful to the investigation contact Detective Smith or Detective Cornelius.

PLEASE DIRECT ALL MEDIA INQUIRIES TO SHERIFF ROB OUTHOUSE AT 253-4337