A Wolcott teenager has been turned in to police

A Wolcott teenager has been turned in to police by his parents after his mother recognized his eyes in a surveillance photo of a partially masked armed robber in South Burlington. August C. Hatch, 16, of Town Hill Road, pleaded not guilty on Monday to a felony charge of assault and robbery with a weapon for his part in a holdup with gunfire at a South Burlington convenience store last week. Hatch is charged as an adult in Vermont Superior Court in Burlington with using a dangerous weapon to assault and rob a store clerk on Nov. 5th. South Burlington Police said two young people robbed the Interstate Shell Store at the corner of Williston Road and Dorset Street about 6 p.m. Nov. 5. One displayed a handgun and demanded the clerk turn over money from the cash register. After getting $640, the two robbers fled the store, but the clerk used his personal handgun to fire off several rounds at them. The clerk claimed that as he gave chase, two shots were fired at him, and he fired 3 or 4 shots back. Hatch admitted the armed robbery to his parents, who brought him to the Morristown Police Department, and then alerted South Burlington Police.  He’ss charged with assault and robbery — which is one of the so-called “Big 12” crimes in Vermont. The “Big 12” law adopted in 1981 allows for youths as young as 10 years-old to be charged in adult court for the most serious crimes.