VINTON (WSLS 10) - The man who led police on a car chase, that led to an hours long standoff in Vinton, pleads guilty in Roanoke County Circuit Court.
According to online court records, 37-year-old James Robert Vermillion pleaded guilty to possessing a gun as a convicted felon and eluding a law enforcement officer.
He has been sentenced to five years, for possession of firearm by a convicted felon, and four years for eluding a law enforcement officer, with three years suspended.
The standoff happened In April, at a home on Pine Street.
Police say Vermillion was armed and a woman was also inside.
She was removed safely, and officers eventually went in the home and took him into custody.