DANVILLE — A Montour County jury took two hours and 40 minutes to find a Philadelphia man guilty of robbing a Danville jewelry store in July, of criminal conspiracy and theft.

The jury of seven women and five men reached a verdict at 8:40 p.m. Wednesday following the daylong trial. It found Eric J. Smith, 38, guilty of robbery with bodily injury, but not guilty of robbery with serious bodily injury.

The robbery charge and criminal conspiracy each carry up to 10 years in jail. Theft is a misdemeanor charge.

The jury came back twice to ask President Judge Scott Naus questions about the definitions of the robbery and unlawful restraint charges.

After the verdict was read, Smith, the only defense witness, had no comment.

His attorney, Michael Rudniski, said, “Obviously the jury reviewed everything with their questions.”

Smith allegedly pepper-sprayed and used a stun gun on two employees and a customer, and duct-taped the customer, during the robbery at Ryan’s Jewelers, 267 Mill St., on July 14.

The armed robbery was believed to the first in Danville in 15 years.

A bag with $163,000 in Rolex watches, bracelets, necklaces and rings was left behind after a Danville police officer arrived.

Smith, who has been jailed since the robbery, testified that a Caucasian woman committed the robbery. He said the woman entered the shop ahead of him, that he heard women inside scream and that he was grabbed from behind and pepper-sprayed.

Smith said he heard a male voice in the shop. He later heard Danville police officer Gerard Zeidler Jr. enter and Smith said he told him: “I don’t know what is going on.”

The two employees and customer in the shop testified they were terrified during the robbery.

Smith said he ran out of the shop to try to apprehend the Caucasian woman who he says robbed the store. He said he was screaming for help to stop her light-colored car, and that she was wearing a gray suit.

He said he was in Danville that day after he, and a Mr. Wallace and his son, got lost traveling from Williamsport, where Smith was working, to Philadelphia. Smith said Wallace stopped his pickup truck on Mill Street so Smith could buy earrings for his daughter. Smith said he hasn’t seen Wallace since that day.

Zeidler testified the only conversation he had with Smith in the shop was repeatedly telling him to show him his hands.