CATO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — The owners of Nutrition Bar Confectioners in Cayuga County are opening up about the federal raid of their facility in a new statement that defends their hiring process and accuses “irresponsible reporting sources” of misleading accusations.
“We were informed that the agents were looking for two dangerous individuals believed to be suspects in a homicide investigation,” the statement reads. “This was also communicated to some staff members as the reason for the raid. As has become clear as in reporting, no such individuals were apprehended.”
When talking to the media last week, Acting U.S. Attorney John Sarcone couldn’t provide any evidence that any of the detained workers had a violent past…