SOUTH NEW BERLIN – New York State Police have arrested the man they believe to be responsible for holding up the South New Berlin Quickway at gunpoint.
Monday, Joel L. Lewis, 22, 104 Parker Hollow Rd., Oxford, was charged with first degree robbery, a class B Felony. Lewis was arraigned in the Town of New Berlin Court, and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 cash.
A masked Lewis allegedly entered the South New Berlin convenience store and demanded money from the cashier Jan. 7.
The lone employee, working at around 7:30 p.m. at the time of the robbery, said he was stocking the shelves in the cooler when he saw a customer come in.
