Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - pizza man

By Nick Dorsten, Esq.

An unusual way to order pizza, courtesy of the St. Petersburg Times website...

CLEARWATER — Police have arrested a teenager and are looking for another suspect accused of robbing a pizza delivery man at knifepoint Tuesday night.

The juvenile criminal defendant, 17, of Clearwater, was charged with armed robbery, resisting arrest without violence and loitering and prowling and was taken to the Pinellas County Juvenile Detention Center.

According to Clearwater police, The juvenile criminal defendant and another male, believed to be a teenager, called a Pizza Hut at 407 S Belcher Road on Tuesday evening and ordered pizza to be delivered to a phony apartment number at Canterbury Oaks Apartments at 2025 Rogers Street.

When delivery driver and soon to be robbery victim arrived at the complex around 7:30, the juvenile hit him in the face (battery) and demanded money, police said.

The victim fell to the ground and was threatened by the other suspect with a pocketknife. That teen is described as a Hispanic male with a thin build who was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt.

The victim gave the two a small amount of cash and grabbed the pizza before running away.

Officers set up a perimeter in the area and used a police canine to track the juvenile suspect to the 1200 block of Canterbury Road.

Detectives said they are still investigating to determine if any other people were involved.

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