An Orleans woman is accused of robbing the Maplefields convenience store where she works, after first shooting a clerk multiple times with a stun gun.
Jenna Connelly, 40, was arrested Wednesday after the incident earlier in the day and now faces a charge of assault and robbery, according to the Vermont State Police.
The incident took place at the Maplefields on Main Street in Orleans, which is part of the town of Barton.
Investigators said the store clerk called police at about 6:30 a.m. and said she had been robbed.
The clerk told troopers that the robber had stunned her repeatedly with a Taser-like device before fleeing the convenience store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said.
When investigators reviewed the store’s surveillance camera footage, they identified the robber as Connelly, a fellow employee of the Maplefields who was off work at the time, according to a press release.
The clerk received minor injuries in the incident, police said.
Later that day, troopers arrested Connelley at the home of a relative and said they found evidence related to the robbery.
Connelly was held at Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport that night on $5,000 bail and was slated to be arraigned Thursday.
