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On Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 12:26 PM, the Genesee County Emergency Communication Center was contacted by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office requesting assistance in locating a vehicle that was
involved in a larceny in their jurisdiction. Erie County provided a vehicle description and the vehicle’s location.
(From submitted video)
Genesee County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police and City of Batavia Police Department were notified. The suspect vehicle was located on Route 5 in the Town of Batavia driving towards the City of Batavia. A felony vehicle stop was conducted on West Main Street, east of Route 98, temporarily stopping traffic.
The occupants of the vehicle exited the vehicle without incident and were later identified as Kiara A. Bates, 31, of Rochester, NY, Jayona D. Anderson, 20, of Rochester, NY, and Ashanay J. McBean, 27, of Rochester, NY.
Inside of the vehicle, law enforcement identified over $6,000 in alleged stolen property associated with the larceny being investigated by the Erie County Sheriff’s Office. The vehicle itself, a grey Acura MDX, was reported stolen on May 28, 2023, with the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) Transit police Department.
The three suspects were transported to the Genesee County Jail where they were held until the Centralized Arraignment Part (CAP) Court.
All three suspects were charged with criminal possession of stolen property in the third degree, a class D felony.
Kiara A. Bates and Jayona D. Anderson were released following arraignment and transported to the custody of the Erie County Sheriff’s Office on pending criminal charges.
Ashanay McBean was held in the custody of the Genesee County Sheriff’s due to having two or more felony convictions and a Town Court is not authorized by law to set bail in this case.
The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the City of Batavia Police Department, New York State Police Troop A, Erie County Sheriff’s Office, NFTA Transit Police Department and Ulta Organized Retail Crime Investigations.