Ithaca woman sentenced more than 10 years in prison for assault of Investigator Theetge
BIG FLATS, N.Y. (WETM) — An Ithaca woman will spend time in prison for more than 10 years after she was sentenced on Monday morning for crimes connected to the extreme injury and assault of Chemung County Sheriff's Investigator Mike Theetge, according to the Chemung County District Attorney's Office.
Fatiuna Massaline, 25, was sentenced on Monday, May 19, to 12 ½ years in prison, followed by five years of probation for her conviction of assault on a police officer, the DA's office said. Massaline will also serve a second sentence at the same time of seven years and five years of probation for her conviction of assault in the second degree.
Ithaca woman found guilty on all charges for assault on Investigator Theetge
Massaline was convicted on Friday, March 14, 2025, for her involvement in the incident on March 29, 2024, where state police said troopers and deputies were working a retail theft operation at the Target in Big Flats. During this incident, Dominick Haley, the other person Massaline was attempting to shoplift with, tried to leave the store with items of considerable value in a shopping cart without paying, before he was caught by Target security.
Shortly after, a 2016 black Chevy Impala tried to pull up to the front of the store to pick up Haley, with Massaline declared the getaway driver. Law enforcement blocked the vehicle, and it started moving towards Haley to pick him up at the back of the parking lot. Theetge then chased Haley as he ran towards the back of the car, and tackled him on top vehicle.
Ithaca man sentenced more than a decade in prison for assault of Investigator Theetge
Massaline then sped up and jolted the wheel of the car, causing both men to fall off, with Theetge landing on the pavement, striking his head and back on the ground, leaving him with a skull fracture and brain bleed. Haley then tried to run away from the scene but was caught a short distance away quickly after, while Massaline fled in her car and drove a little bit before ditching the car and running on foot to the Lowe's parking lot where she called an Uber and took it back to Ithaca, where she was arrested the next day.
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