Pizza Driver Robbed, Forced to Drive to Dunbar
Pizza Driver Robbed, Forced to Drive to Dunbar Save Email Print
Posted: 2:42 PM Dec 1, 2008
 Last Updated: 8:30 AM Dec 2, 2008
 Reporter: Mike Waterhouse
Email Address: mike.waterhouse@wsaz.com
10 comments
A | A | A

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Police in Kanawha County are investigating a robbery where a pizza delivery driver was robbed and forced to drive the suspect to Dunbar.

The incident happened at about 1:45 p.m. Monday.

Metro 911 dispatchers say the pizza driver was apparently stopped at a red light at the intersection of Florida Street and Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston when someone got out of another car, forced his way into the pizza driver's car, then robbed him and made the victim drive him to Dunbar.

The suspect ran away from the car when it got to Dutch Hollow Road in Dunbar.

Police are still searching for the suspect. He's described as a man in his early 30s and about 6'2" tall.

Keep clicking on WSAZ.com for more information.

[ Copyright 2009 – WSAZ.com. All Rights Reserved. ]
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Severe Weather and Breaking News Coverage

To send a news tip or submit a story idea, e-mail news@wsaz.com

More Stories
Day 2: Washburn Baby Death Trial

St. Albans Man to Serve 30 Years for Sexual Abuse

Ohio Extends Unemployment Claims Hot Line Hours

New Ohio Attorney General, Treasurer take Office

 Man Disappears After Leaving for Church

Financial Fitness Can Raise Quality of Life

Flags to be Lowered for W.Va. Soldier

Charleston Man Pleads Guilty to Hurricane Katrina Fraud
Post Your Comments
First Name:
Location:
Enter Comments: characters left
Email (optional):
Email will not be displayed on site. For station contact purpose only.
Read Comments
Comments are posted from viewers like you and do not always reflect the views of this station.
Posted by: cj on Dec 2, 2008 at 09:19 PM
i would like to know if he is black or white because i think i know who did it if i could know what color he was???? I am thinking a resident of dutch hollow apartments.
Posted by: WhatEconomicCrisis? on Dec 1, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Yea, the cops around here are an easy joke. They slither around at night putting tickets on cars, and putting the date on the tickets from days before (thats just lazy and illegal), but they werent so on point when everbody on my street got their muffler/catalytic converter stolen last week. No surprise, things are the same all over with cops: never solving real crimes like murders or missing people, only glorified meter maids. < yea, I said it. I challenge someone to prove me wrong. And I know if they know who I am, they'll make life hard for me, still not solving the real crimes though. Im moving out of Huntington, its only costing me money. Alot of people are moving out of here-like most cities/towns in WV, they are failing and costing taxpayers to waste money on them. Seriously tho, someone please leave a comment telling me the last real crime they solved? At most other jobs, they fire you for that. And you cant include "ticket quota" or "checkpoint/arrest quota". Worthless cops...
Posted by: Ty on Dec 1, 2008 at 07:20 PM
Ok... I will undoubtedly be burned at the stake for this but the mistrusting side of me is itching to be heard... Step back and look at these robberies objectively and ask yourself "Self, why would anyone want to rob a pizza delivery person for what is most likely a menial sum of money? Why not knock over a few parking meters and get alot more money? Or maybe whip a couple of vending machines till they puke some funds?" Is it at all possible that perhaps the "first" of these robberies actually took place and the rest of them were some half baked set up by the drivers who saw a way to pocket some money and get some time away from the restaurant? Is there ANY type of eye-witnesses to the robberies or maybe some surveillance or security camera footage? Worth anything? Again... I am biting the bullet and ready for my tongue...errrr..."type" lashing, as the case may be.
Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 1, 2008 at 06:09 PM
I know that I can always get on this site and know that someone will blame someone else besides the criminal(KB)!!!since when did ordering a pizza become the crime??? get off you high horse KB,and be realistic..
Posted by: To KB on Dec 1, 2008 at 04:50 PM
This comment is to KB.. Lazy People? are you kidding me how many times have your ordered a pizza and had it delivered? Some people dont have the finances to be able to afford a car so people who deliver are appreciated by them. Laws need to be put into effect to allow people who deliver to carry a gun. Now back to you talking about getting up and going and getting the pizza since your soooo smart, you should know it doesnt matter if they are delivering or cooking it for you to come and get they are at risk just like every other person in this world. There is not one safe job in the world. Your not even safe in your own home. SO UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT KB KEEP YOUR FINGERS OFF THE KEYBOARD!
Posted by: KB on Dec 1, 2008 at 04:06 PM
and yet AGAIN, another pizza delivery person robbed! the ones in Huntington have gotten more and more violent and now this one in Charleston/Dunbar, having to drive the robber? not good people I still wouldn't allow my employees nor would I EXPECT them to risk their lives in order to take some lazy person a pizza! If they can't come get it themselves, they don't need it and should eat elsewhere or cook at home. I wouldn't want anyone I love risking their life for a pizza, min wage and a few tips! These are getting more and more frequent and increasingly worse and more violent like the ones in Huntington recently Enough. This day and age it's not safe. No one's life is worth a few bucks making it easier for people to stuff their faces. Let them go get it themselves. If they're sick, shut-in etc, then have someone else go pick it up for them. People will kill you for a dollar anymore or for a "bargain" at Wal-Mart as evidenced lately!
Posted by: MrObvious on Dec 1, 2008 at 03:54 PM
Did he take the pizza too? If he did it was all Bush's fault because the guy was hungry. I just wanted to be the first to blame this on Bush like always happens from someone on here!
Posted by: working man on Dec 1, 2008 at 03:22 PM
Probably the same bonehead that pulled this stunt a few months back in Huntington... remember the guy that gave him a ride, and was forced to drive to Dutch Hollow????
Posted by: beth on Dec 1, 2008 at 03:10 PM
Tis the season for armed robberies should be the new Christmas slogan. Hope the driver is ok!
Go to our mobile site | Make this your homepage (IE)
WSAZ.com Most Popular / Most Comments
National News Headlines
PHONE IN YOUR YELLS TO: 1-866-616-5354
The Yell: Comments for the Week of 1/4
  • Posted By: Fixed that for you: Any one who is paid by the general public, us, should have no problem taking urine tests. After all they are in the pubic debt for paying them. Its simple NO TEST, NO CHECK. This is not an attempt to violate rights, it is an attempt to enforce the publics right for our money to go to people in government and on welfare who can be TRUSTED.
  • Posted By: Chris to WSAZ: To all the workers and employees of WSAZ: Thank you for being there and allowing comments about the news.Our family watch only WSAZ news and enjoy each of you. I know that the recognition that you receive is little to none,but you deserve better.This goes out to the producers,cameramen,to everyone behind the scenes and the ones that are seen too. Thank you for having the best news program available to the public. God Bless Each and Everyone of You. Chris
  • Posted By: redbaron: in response to pablo on comment dated 01/06 - EXCUSE ME!! I do believe FIREFIGHTERS also risk their lives for total strangers and no they are NOT law enforcement!
  • Posted By: omg: I am so sick and tired of hearing how public school teachers are indebted to the public for their salary. Many of you are so freakin nosey that if your neighbor stopped too fast, you'd have to get a crane to remove your head from their rear. I am so tired of this drug test line. Teachers deserve to pee in peace and so do you. Why should teachers be forced to have their personal lives paraded all over the news? That is exactly what would happen. If a typical joe blow got fired from the coal mines for drugs, it wouldn't make front page news. A teacher being fired for drugs would. You people expect teachers to be the mother, father, grandparent, clergyman, counselor, as well as the teacher. You don't do anything with your kids but expect the teacher to fix all the problem you create. Some of them probably need drugs by the time they are done raising your spoiled kids who think the world owes them something on a silver platter. Take your own drug test before you get pregnant.
  • Posted By: Sophie: Re: The student (Hinzman?) being expelled for using foul language after being bullied & beaten on school grounds; you should not have been expelled for expressing your hurt, anger & disgust. You were a victim and did nothing. It is unreasonable to punish the victim - so what if he cussed - I'd cuss too if someone beat the beegeebers out of me. The kid who beat you should receive jail time & counciling; the kid who filmed you & released it on U-Tube should too. It has often been said that television is desensitizing our children so badly they have no empathy for others. This is a prime example. I hope the school board will have enough common sense to clear this victims school record of the incident as he should not have been expelled, and get him counciling also as such a trauma will surly have an effect on a young life.
  • Posted By: Boyd: Any one who is employed and gets paid by the general public, us, should have no problem taking urine tests. After all they are in the pubic debt for paying them for their work. Its simple NO TEST, NO JOB. This is not an attempt to violate rights, it is an attempt to enforce the publics right for federal, state and municipal employees who can be TRUSTED.
  • Posted By: George: As a parent I have no problem being drug tested. I'll stand in line right behind Katy.
  • Posted By: goodorbad: I look at it like this-if you dont have anything to hide, shut up and do the test!
  • Posted By: Rick: I think all teachers should be drug tested, I drive a transit bus for our county and I want the public to know I am drug free and teachers should want everyone to know the same, that their children are not in the care of people on drugs,if you have nothing to hide why object to random testing I know I don't
  • Posted By: Tea: I can't even imagine that our teachers have not been drug tested up until this time. Anyone who refuses should be fired. These are our children!!! People take drug test when they don't even work with people, let alone children. These are government jobs and we should have a say in what they have to do.
  • Posted By: Ari: Cheers to Rob-I feel ya!
  • Posted By: joe: I have worked for companies all over this nation and have had to take drug tests. Why should teachers be exempt from this practice? It is now common to be randomly tested(and I have been) so what makes a teacher any different than a steel worker. I can say proudly that I passed but I have seen those who didn't. They chose to use drugs and lost their jobs I didn't.
  • Posted By: Katy: As a teacher, I have no problem being randomly drug tested...as long as you agree to drug test the parents who enter the doors of my school as well. Most teachers deal with students who are exposed to/use more drugs and alcohol than any of the teachers. If these students or parents who are using drugs (and are not drug tested) enter our schools, the safety of the teachers and students are at risk. Since children spend more time with them, let's randomly drug test PARENTS, too!!!
  • Posted By: stephen: Why the heavy emphasis ont he damage to property and life Israel is doing . Where was the media uproar for years that Hamas was rocketing Israel irespective of innocent israelis.. Hamas is actualykilling their own citizens by firing rockets from UN schools and residents. Why does UN allow Hamas to use facilities for attacking Israel, then complain when Israel responds to protect their territory and citizens. Israel targets military targets, respons to from whence rockets or gun fire comes. What would we fire at if Huntington was attacked?Why does the media not put bla,e where balame belongs, and give moral support to the aggreived.What would America do if attacked? to whom would we listen? Russia, Saudi Arabia,Iran?.Media get REAL! Who has given Hamas and the Palestinians millions with which they could buy weapons---American taxpayers money!
  • Posted By: Robert: Although I feel for the employees that lost their positions at Cabell Huntington Hospital, at least more nurses were hired. I recently had a relative in the cardiac unit at Kings Daughters, in Ashland, and I was told that the nursing staff had been cut back and that no overtime was being given. This seems to be a drastic cut in patient care for a facility that spends thousands advertising that they are in the top 5% of cardiac hospitals in the country. I would be willing to wager that the Cleveland Clinic has not cut hours of those giving patient care.
  • Posted By: Boyd: If the state's budget is doing so well, why don't we use some of this money to help towns and cities in the state who are in trouble with their budget, or will this just become another pay raise for politicians?
  • Posted By: Rob: Why does everyone have to be so into using the term "racist" and have that kind of attitude. I know what my heritage is and who my ancestors were but you want to know what I consider myself? I AM AN AMERICAN! I was born and raised in this country and that's how I feel it should be. Born here, raised here.....then by God you are an American. Not an African American, not an Asian American etc. etc. You are an AMERICAN!
  • Posted By: Chris: To Ex-Officer: I agree with you 100% about the pay of police dept and the drug testing. I was formerly involved with the BCPD and had multiple ride alongs with the BCSO. I am probably one of their biggest critics due to having watch some of the bad side of the department for a long time. I wish that I could tell everything that I have seen officers do,which would put most of them behind bars or they'll lose their sheild, But retalliation is bad in our area. To the cops that do their job and do it with the best intentions, I proud of you and don't mean any disrespect. To the ones who I personally watch being more currupt then the "badguys" here,your day will be coming.
  • Posted By: Pablo: Teachers aren't the only ones underpaid. Law enforcement officers are underpaid also. And I'd like to speak about them. For example, I'm sure any parent would sacrifice their live for thier children. And several may give thier live to save their spouse. A few individuals may even do it for a close friend. But, I only know of 3 types of beings who will sacrifice thier lives for complete strangers; indeed even for people who hate them. The first would be our men and women in our armed forces. The second would be our law enforcement officers. And of course, third would be our Savior, Jesus Christ. Others are killed in the line of their employment, but not in order to save a complete stranger. Everytime a cop puts on his/her uniform, they can be a target for anyone upset about something. Even though it doesn't involve the cop personally, that very cop will give his life to save yours when a problem arises. We need to give our cops not only a wage, but a living wage and a great big THANKS.
  • Posted By: Craig: If what I am hearing is correct that Kanawha County teachers accepted a pay raise in return for submitting to drug testing, and then sued successfully so they do not have to be subject to testing, then why shouldn't we the taxpayers demand they return the raise?
  • Posted By: teresa: racist lmao i am one cherokee,german,irish,german,and who knows what else TIRED of hearing of racist comments u are either GOOD OR BAD k no skin color needed just evil or NOT
  • Posted By: Ex-Officer: I agree with Robert 100% I worked in law enforcement and loved the job but try to rise a family on less than 10.00 an hour (out of that pay for your own duty gear and gun). I believe that all public safety workers should be drug tested but i also believe that they should be paid for the job that they do. Not many people understand what a public safty worker goes through. Would you put your life on the line for this kind of pay? Remember the saying that you get what you pay for. I see this in several new officers in my area. Don't get me wrong there are still very good officers in law enforcement. Something really needs to be done about the low pay for these jobs.
  • Posted By: Garland: What's the difference between teachers and other workers(coal mineers, bus drivers, state employees,etc.)? Teachers aren't any better are they?
  • Posted By: : This is not a comment, but I would like comments on it please. What do you think of Poca High School? Racist or not?
  • Posted By: Robert: We the people, through our own self centeredness and apathy, have allowed our teachers and police officials to be some of the most underpaid people in the United States. We are trusting our childrens education and our public safety to the very people that are some of the most underpaid profesions in the U.S.. If I could change this, I would. However, I do believe that these people should be randomly drug tested. I work in the construction industry and I have no problem being drug tested. I have nothing to hide. I also believe that any person who is intrusted with the safety of others should have nothing to hide. This includes plitical officials up to and including the president.
Click Here to Read Story and Post Comments
First Warning Weather Hour-By-Hour
+ Ashland, KY
+ Athens, OH
+ Beckley, WV
+ Charleston, WV
+ Clarksburg, WV
+ Clay, WV
+ Gallipolis, OH
+ Huntington, WV
+ Ironton, OH
+ Logan, WV
+ Morgantown, WV 		+ Paintsville, KY
+ Parkersburg, WV
+ Pikeville, KY
+ Pomeroy, OH
+ Portsmouth,OH
+ Ripley, WV
+ Spencer, WV
+ Sutton, WV
+ Wayne, WV
+ Wheeling, WV
+ Williamson, WV
WSAZ.com Sponsor Sections & Links
SOMC
Very good things are happening here
Prudential Bunch
Since 1959 unequaled performance
Moms4Moms
By moms, for moms
WV Lottery
Nightly drawings and numbers
WVA Electric
Visit our unique lighting lab
Big Sandy
For all your furniture and appliance needs
Budget Blinds
The best in custom window coverings
Smackdown Live
Watch & Win: Win 2 tickets to Smackdown Live
Healthy Tri-State
Live a healthier lifestyle in 2009

WSAZ Mobile