During the early morning hours of October 28, a Hillsborough resident was returning from work when an unknown individual allegedly approached them in their driveway and held the resident at gunpoint. The assailant took more than $1,200 from the victim, as well as several credit cards and a debit card.

On Monday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said it has charged the man responsible.

A release from the office said 21-year-old Tyree Javeon Vernon-Williams turned himself into the Wake County Sheriff’s Office in part due to the charges filed by Orange County investigators in that armed robbery case off Old NC 86. The Raleigh native is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, assault by pointing a gun, and four counts of identity theft.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said its investigators took out warrants for Vernon-Williams last week. Their investigation alleges he followed the victim home from their work and used their debit and credit cards to make fraudulent purchases.

“I am always pleased when investigators successfully close a criminal case by identifying and arresting the responsible party,” Orange County Sheriff Charles Blackwood said in Monday’s release. “I find it particularly satisfying when the crime involves deliberate, targeted action like this one did. Such acts are chilling. My team will continue to protect the rights of Orange County residents to earn a living and be safe in and around their own homes.”

According to Monday’s release, a new state law makes it so Vernon-Williams has not received a bond at the Wake County detention center over the Orange County charges. The Pre-Trial Integrity Act, which went into effect in October, says a defendant on pretrial release for earlier criminal charges who is charged in a separate case must wait for a judge to set bond and modify conditions of a pre-trial release.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office did not indicate when Vernon-Williams would appear in Orange County court over the robbery, assault and identity theft charges.

 

Photo via the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

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