Armed Robbery At Kinney Drugs In Cambridge, Today

STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE

PRESS RELEASE
Arrests in Cambridge Armed Robbery

Detective Sergeant Todd Baxter, Bureau of Criminal Investigations – Troop A, 802-878-7111

Cambridge, VT – 08/29/13 – Today, following the 3:30PM armed robbery at Kinney Drugs in Cambridge, the Vermont State Police made three arrests in relation to the incident with the assistance of Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department, Stowe Police Department, Morristown Police Department, Hardwick Police Department, and Vermont Fish and Game wardens.

Based on an accurate description and plate number provided by witnesses outside the drug store, law enforcement officers were able to identify the suspect vehicle as a 2004 silver Pontiac Grand AM. The vehicle was located at 4:17PM and stopped by troopers from the St. Albans Barracks on the North Cambridge Road near the junction of Vermont Route 108 in Fletcher. Troopers made contact with one male occupant and two female occupants identified as Russell John Thaxton, age 38 of Starksboro; Amanda Tetrault, age 31 of Eden; and Jennifer Stancliff, age 30 of Morrisville.

All three individuals were taken into custody and transported the Lamoille Outpost for suspicion of armed robbery. Through the course of interviews, information provided by witnesses, and evidence collected; detectives learned that all three individuals entered the store. Thaxton was wearing a jacket with hood up, mask type hat, pants, and sunglasses. After several minutes in the store Thaxton pulled down the mask and displayed a handgun to the pharmacist demanding all the opiates and stimulants. Upon taking the stolen prescription drugs, all three left the drug store in the Grand AM.

Thaxton was subsequently arrested for Assault and Robbery. He was then returned to the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections on a Mittimus for Escape-Furlough to be lodged at the Northeast Correctional Facility. Thaxton will be arraigned at a later date. Tetrault and Stancliff were both arrested and are scheduled to appear in Lamoille Criminal Court on August 30, 2013 to answer to the charges of Accessory Aiding in the Commission of a Felony. Tetrault was held for a lack of $50,000 bail and Stancliff was held for a lack of $75,000 bail. Both were lodged at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility. Mug shots are attached. If better quality images are needed, they will be available tomorrow.

No one was hurt as a result of the incident and arrests.

If anyone has information regarding this case or might have seen something in the Cambridge area between 3:00 - 4:00PM related to this incident, please contact the Vermont State Police at the Williston Barracks at 802-878-7111 or submit an anonymous tip to www.vtips.info<http://www.vtips.info>.

The Vermont State Police appreciate the successful cooperation effort between law enforcement and the public during today’s incident that resulted in a swift arrest of three suspects.

For media questions, please contact the Vermont State Police Public Information Officer, Stephanie Dasaro, at 802-279-9773.

CASE#: 13A103396

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STATE OF VERMONT
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
VERMONT STATE POLICE

PRESS RELEASE
Armed Robbery at Kinney Drug in Cambridge

Cambridge, VT – 08/29/13 – Today, August 29, at approximately 3:30PM the Vermont State Police received a call from Lamoille County Dispatch Center regarding an armed robbery at the Kinney Drugs, located at 155 S. Main Street in Cambridge. The initial report advised a male suspect stole an undetermined amount of prescription pills and left the scene in a silver Pontiac Grand AM. No one was hurt at the drug store during the incident.

Based on the initial report and additional information gathered through the investigation, law enforcement officers from Lamoille County Sheriffs, Morristown Police, and the Vermont State Police were able to locate the suspect vehicle and make contact with a subject matching the suspect’s description. The investigation is on-going; and no additional information is available at this time. When an update becomes available, a press release will be issued.

If anyone has information regarding this case or might have seen something in the Cambridge area between 3:00 - 4:00PM related to this incident, please contact the Vermont State Police at the Williston Barracks at 802-878-7111 or submit an anonymous tip to www.vtips.info<http://www.vtips.info>.

For media questions, please contact the Vermont State Police Public Information Officer, Stephanie Dasaro, at 802-279-9773.

CASE#: 13A103396

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