Cavender Gets 4 Years
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Michael Alan Cavender was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to make restitution to the victim of his crime.
Cavender, 33, of Syracuse, was convicted during a jury trial in January of conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with a Jan. 28, 1999, incident in which a North Webster American Legion employee was robbed of the club's deposit. Russell Griffin suffered abrasions to his head when he was struck from behind and robbed of the money he was planning to take to the bank.
Cavender and Ray James Skelton, 33, and David Walter Hawthorne, 25, both of Syracuse, were charged with robbery after the attack on Griffin. Skelton and Hawthorne were apprehended the same night and Cavender was arrested on a warrant a few days later. Witnesses to the crime told police that one of the men had a gun in his back pocket, but no weapon was recovered.
Skelton has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and will be sentenced later this month. The case against Hawthorne remains pending.
Included in Cavender's sentence are orders to pay restitution of $2,153.25 and to pay court costs. [[In-content Ad]]
Michael Alan Cavender was sentenced to four years in prison and ordered to make restitution to the victim of his crime.
Cavender, 33, of Syracuse, was convicted during a jury trial in January of conspiracy to commit robbery in connection with a Jan. 28, 1999, incident in which a North Webster American Legion employee was robbed of the club's deposit. Russell Griffin suffered abrasions to his head when he was struck from behind and robbed of the money he was planning to take to the bank.
Cavender and Ray James Skelton, 33, and David Walter Hawthorne, 25, both of Syracuse, were charged with robbery after the attack on Griffin. Skelton and Hawthorne were apprehended the same night and Cavender was arrested on a warrant a few days later. Witnesses to the crime told police that one of the men had a gun in his back pocket, but no weapon was recovered.
Skelton has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and will be sentenced later this month. The case against Hawthorne remains pending.
Included in Cavender's sentence are orders to pay restitution of $2,153.25 and to pay court costs. [[In-content Ad]]