On Saturday at approximately 2 a.m. police arrested a 35-year-old Penfield woman on a felony warrant.
Kelli C. Race, 35, of Penfield was charged with felony grand larceny criminal facilitation, coercion, and conspiracy after a theft complaint from August.
Race is accused of providing aide to a family member on August 7th and stealing a service animal. At that point she held the animal until the victim agreed to pay a ransom.
Police say that Race also threatened to physically harm the service animal if the victim did not comply.
She was processed at the Seneca County Jail.
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