In all my years of following true crime stories, I have never heard of such a strange case.
Have you?
Cops break door, nab alleged pizza thief
EASTPOINTE, Mich. - Police used a battering ram to break down an apartment door and arrest a woman they say grabbed food from a pizza delivery man but failed to pay him.
Jessica Gray, 19, of Eastpointe was arrested Wednesday after she and the occupants of her apartment refused to pay for a delivery of pizza, ribs, chicken, shrimp and a soda valued at $17.18, police say.
According to police, Gray answered the door when a 21-year-old, combo meal-carrying delivery man arrived at her apartment about 7 p.m.
Gray took the meal, then slammed the door and joined four other female occupants inside — ranging in age from 14 to 21 — in yelling insults and threats when he didn't leave, police say.
2007-11-30 05:28:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
"She was rough when she took it from him," Detective Lt. Leo Borowsky told The Detroit News. "And she was large enough where he didn't want to fight her."
The Associated Press was unable to reach Gray for comment because she has no listed phone number.
A police report says responding officers "could hear the occupants laughing and whispering inside but refusing to answer the door. The officers advised the occupants that if they refused to come to the door, it would be opened by force."
Police then broke down the door, and the delivery man identified Gray as the person who took the meal. Police recovered rib bones, chicken bones and shrimp tails as evidence.
Gray was arraigned Thursday on a felony charge of larceny from a person, then released after posting a $5,000 bond.
"We take this kind of stuff seriously. It is a crime," Borowsky said. "These (delivery) people are on business and if you steal from them, we're going to prosecute."
2007-11-30 05:29:06 · update #1
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_fe_st/odd_pizza_snatcher
2007-11-30 05:29:20 · update #2
If I am going to jail over food, it will be fillet Mignon. Not friggin shrimp and ribs!!!
2007-11-30 05:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by morrowynd 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's why delivery people should be allowed to carry guns.They should starve the fat b***h till she looks anorexic so she is too weak to do such a thing ever again.Ya know i know it sounds cold but when i was 5 years old my father took us to Florida with just enough money to get there. once we got there our car broke down and we lived in it for 2 months homeless and without money, so my father donated Plasma to get money to feed us.My point being stealing should never be an option, and it does not even sound like they were starving, and obviously they weren't living on the streets.There is no excuse for her actions. My story was not intended to get sympathy. It was just to make a point.
2007-11-30 07:25:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually I would call it quite a serious crime. Apart from theft of $17.18 think of the poor delivery man who could have lost his job. I think these yobs should serve a spell in the nick to teach them a good lesson. .
2007-11-30 05:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
This reminds me of lastnight when I ordered 2 pizzas on accident. They never delivered my 2nd order so it was all good ;D
2007-11-30 10:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Thomas B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HOLY CRAP! $5000?! i understand the verbal abuse and being rough with the delivery guy, but seriously! the meal was less thn $20! hahahaha
2007-11-30 05:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by Garrett M 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure thats not uncommon. Any thing that they can identify or get trace evidence from can be collected.
2007-11-30 05:36:26 · answer #6 · answered by sshazzam 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
should i say....only in america????,not so much for the evidence collected,but,
we have criminals here but I have never heard anyone stealing a pizza
2007-11-30 06:48:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am glad they think crimes like these are so much more important then murder, child abduction etc. The story was still funny though!
2007-11-30 05:38:34 · answer #8 · answered by glamour04111 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well lets see... if u let this fat b--tch get away with it then anyone can do it and the we have anarchy. I think this women should go to jail big time
2007-11-30 06:25:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats kinda funny that they said she was large enough that the man didnt want to try and fight her
2007-11-30 05:37:18 · answer #10 · answered by rehmakeup 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋