A SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY MAN WAS FOUND GUILTY FOR HIS ROLE IN SUMMIT ARMED ROBBERY
" Patrick, Vermilyea, 47, Of Summit, New Jersey Was Convicted Of First Degree Armed Robbery, After Three Day Jury Trial."
June 30, 2021 By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,
SUMMIT, NJ.- On Wednesday, June 30, 2021, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Summit Police Chief Andrew Bartolotti announced, that on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, a Union County Jury returned a Guilty Verdict against a Summit man, charged with Armed Robbery for threatening a Gas Station attendant at knife point three years ago.
The Jury deliberated for less than a day before convicting 47-year-old Patrick Vermilyea of First Degree Armed Robbery, Third Degree Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose, and Fourth Degree Theft of Movable Property.
The verdict came after three days of trial testimony before Union County Superior Court Judge Lisa Miralles Walsh and was tried by Assistant Prosecutors Estrella Lopez and Frank L. Valdinoto.
At, trial, it was revealed that in the early morning hours of June 5, 2018, Vermilyea, armed with a knife, threatened an employee before entering the attendant's booth of a Shell Gas Station on River Road in Summit, New Jersey. Once inside the booth, Vermilyea stole money and cigarettes before fleeing the scene.
A short time later, Vermilyea was stopped in his vehicle by members of The Millburn Police Department on Interstate 78, and taken into custody.
" This Guilty Verdict is the culmination of dedicated, hard work by Prosecutors and Investigators to successfully bring Union County's first criminal case to trial following the Covid-19 Pandemic," said Ruotolo.
The investigation was led by The Summit Police Department and assisted by members of The Millburn Police Department.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for September 23, 2021, in Union County Superior Court, when Vermilyea face a Life Sentence without the possibility of parole, due to the defendants extensive criminal history with Armed Robbery Convictions.
FILED UNDER JUNE 30, 2021: LAW, UNION: