Fugitive in Dec. 14 kidnapping and robbery of Gardnerville man now in custody
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 01/03/2017 - 9:35am
A man wanted in connection to a Dec. 14 kidnapping, robbery and beating of a Gardnerville man is in custody after he was arrested at a Yerington residence Tuesday, a Douglas County sheriff's official said.
Francisco “Frankie” Perez was found at a residence in the 300 block of North West Street, said Douglas County Sheriff's Office Undersheriff Paul Howell.
Perez, 28, was arrested without incident on an outstanding warrant for kidnapping with a deadly weapon, battery with a deadly weapon, robbery with use of a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, and fraudulent use of a credit card. Perez will be booked into the Douglas County Jail and held on a $100,000 bail.
Stacy Conti-Salway, 35, was arrested in December and booked into Douglas County Jail for her alleged involvement. She was charged with first degree kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, false imprisonment, coercion, and fraudulent use of a credit card, said Howell.
On Wednesday, Dec. 14, Douglas County sheriff’s deputies responded to the call of a kidnapping and armed robbery that reportedly occurred in the 1500 block of Gilman Avenue in Gardnerville. An adult male victim reported he had been kidnapped and robbed and showed deputies the location of the crime.
A subsequent investigation found that the male adult victim had been violently attacked in a home on Gilman Avenue by Conti-Salway and Perez. The suspects beat the victim and held him at gunpoint and during the ordeal drove the victim to his bank and forced him to remove an undisclosed sum of cash. At some point following the robbery they released the victim, said Howell.
DCSO Investigators located Conti-Salway and arrested her in the parking lot of the Greater Nevada Credit Union. Conti-Salway was booked into the Douglas County Jail on the charges.
