Three men attacked and robbed a seven-month pregnant pizza delivery woman one nightlast
week on West Fisher Street.The
men lured her to the area with a fake order, she said.
The Post is withholding the
identity of the victim because the suspects have not been apprehended.
The 27-year-old victim says her
experience in law enforcement helped her keep her cool.
A former law enforcement officer,
the victim said one of the suspects grabbed her face from behind and forced her to the
ground. Her initial reaction was to fight back, but she saw two other suspects
approaching.
“I analyzed the situation and
even if I would have fought off the one, there were two others there waiting,” she
said. The victim said she never saw a gun but one of the men was yelling, “She
won’t shut up, just shoot her.”
So the pregnant woman gave the men
her fanny pack with customers’ checks, some money and her pager.
“Other people will panic and
won’t give up. No amount of money is worth your life,” she said. “My being
able to think rationally comes from my training and background.”
The night of the attack, the
victim went to Rowan Regional Medical Center and was treated for cuts and bruises.
“The baby is OK. It
didn’t break my water or increase my contractions, so everything is OK,” she
said.
The woman started working at
Domino’s last week. She said she’s worked there off and on.
After the robbery, “I decided
I am not going to deliver again until after the baby is born,” she said.
“This is my third part-time
job so I can get Christmas money, and they have to rob me for Christmas money,” the
victim said.
“Whoever would have delivered
that order would have gotten robbed, it was a set up,” the victim said.
The call came to Domino’s
around 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 1. to deliver two pizzas, breadsticks and a two-liter drink to
1110 W. Fisher St.
The woman went to that address and
noticed that the porch light was not on. She had walked to the door, her hands full, when
a man came out of a nearby alley and approached her from behind.
After he forced her to the ground,
she gave them her fanny pack and they ran away.
Thinking back, the woman says she
knew better than to overload herself and not keep one hand free.
“This applies to any woman,
always have a free hand to fight someone off if need be. And be aware of the people around
you. It is so important to pay attention,” she said.
A co-worker at Domino’s, who
asked not to be identified, said the pizza chain is not delivering to the 1100 block of
West Fisher after dark any more.
For the third or fourth time in
recent history, drivers have been in similar situations.
“In the past ten years, the
three or four different times we (Domino’s) have been robbed, it has been in that
area,” the employee said.
There are other precautions the
pizza chain is incorporating to ensure the safety of their employees and maintain service
to their customers, the employee said.
The victim reminds shoppers,
“If something doesn’t seem right, it probably isn’t. This is the time of
the year where people really get desperate, but nothing is worth my life or my baby’s
life.” |
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