LOCKPORT – James A. Connell, 36, of Bellreng Drive in the Town of Niagara, was arraigned in Niagara County Court Tuesday on an indictment charging him with robbing a 7-Eleven store on Hyde Park Boulevard in Niagara Falls of $55 on June 30 while armed with a knife.
Assistant District Attorney Claudette S. Caldwell said Connell, who pleaded not guilty, also is charged with stealing more than $2,000 worth of electronics merchandise from the Kmart store on Military Road in the Town of Niagara on Nov. 17.
Connell, charged with first- and third-degree robbery and fourth-degree grand larceny, was jailed in lieu of $75,000 bail set by Judge Matthew J. Murphy III. A trial is tentatively scheduled for June 10.
Both crimes occurred while Connell was on a one-year conditional discharge for attempted second-degree robbery: the theft of a shotgun and a marijuana “bong” from a man on July 6, 2010, in an apartment on Packard Court in the Falls.
Assistant District Attorney Claudette S. Caldwell said Connell, who pleaded not guilty, also is charged with stealing more than $2,000 worth of electronics merchandise from the Kmart store on Military Road in the Town of Niagara on Nov. 17.
Connell, charged with first- and third-degree robbery and fourth-degree grand larceny, was jailed in lieu of $75,000 bail set by Judge Matthew J. Murphy III. A trial is tentatively scheduled for June 10.
Both crimes occurred while Connell was on a one-year conditional discharge for attempted second-degree robbery: the theft of a shotgun and a marijuana “bong” from a man on July 6, 2010, in an apartment on Packard Court in the Falls.