Resto in Meriden Superior Court Today

Seventeen days after he allegedly robbed and then killed a local convenience store owner, Frankie Resto will make his first appearance in Meriden Superior Court today.

Detectives from the Meriden Police Department took custody of Resto, 36, on Thursday from the Brooklyn Superior Court in Brooklyn, NY. Earlier this week and on Thursday waived his rights to fight his return to Connecticut.

In a news release earlier this week, Meriden Det. Lt. Mark Walerysiak wrote that "Resto's arrest brings to a close the round-the-clock effort of personnel in the detective division and hopefully brings a sense of peace to the families of the victim."

Meriden Police Detectives had secured a warrant for Resto's arrest in connection with a robbery/homicide at EZ Mart convenience store; he was also being sought for an active violation of probation warrant from an earlier robbery case.

On June 27, and killed by at 271 E. Main St., pointed a handgun at Ghazal and demanded money.

An unidentified witness who was inside the store at the time of the robbery told police that once the man received an undisclosed amount of money he shot the clerk in the chest and then ran out of the store.

Last week, , 25, of New Britain in connection with a robbery and shooting death of the local convenience store owner.

Breyette, of New Britain, is charged with being an accomplice to first-degree robbery and hindering prosecution, according to Meriden Det. Lt. Mark Walerysiak. Breyette is being held on $500,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in New Haven Superior Court on July 17. 

Resto arrived at Meriden Police Headquarters Thursday afternoon where he was processed and is being held on a $2 million bond. 

Resto is charged with felony murder, first-degree robbery, second-degree larceny and criminal possession of a firearm.