During late December 2015 the Cumberland Farms convenience store located on Pine St. was robbed twice. In both incidents, a white male suspect entered the store and demanded the cash from the register while inferring he was armed. During the course of the investigation Jamie Nelson, age 29 of Burlington, was developed as a person of interest. Nelson was stopped in the area of Cumberland Farms following the second robbery by responding uniform officers and was found to be in violation of pretrial conditions of release. Nelson was then arrested and subsequently jailed for violating the terms of his conditions of release.
Investigators also located discarded clothing items along the path of travel the suspect fled during both robberies. The Vermont Forensic Laboratory was able to develop a DNA profile from the evidence gathered. A later comparison of the evidentiary DNA profile developed from the discarded clothing items was compared to and matched with the known DNA profile of Nelson. Nelson was issued a citation to answer to the charge of Assault and Robbery as he is currently incarcerated with the Vermont Department of Corrections.
Nelson has a criminal history in the State of Vermont which reflects 13 arrests for a variety of misdemeanor and felony crimes. Currently, Nelson has one misdemeanor conviction while seven cases are pending trial in Chittenden District Court.
Assault and Robbery is a felony crime in the State of Vermont punishable by a term of imprisonment which shall not exceed ten years. Anyone with information about Nelson and his connections to these crimes are asked to call Burlington Police Detectives.
