blotter: Pizza Hut deliveryman robbed at gunpoint

Published 12:00 am Saturday, June 6, 2015

By Shavonne Walker

shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com

Police are looking for a man who robbed a Pizza Hut deliveryman Thursday at gunpoint on North Arlington Street. The gunman took the man’s cash, cellphone, pizza and his car.

The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. at 22 North Arlington St., the address given for a delivery.

Salisbury Police say a black male wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a camouflage bandana came from the wooded area nearby and pointed a gun at the deliveryman and told him to get on the ground. The gunman grabbed the victim’s wallet and asked if he had a cellphone.

The victim said his cellphone was in the car. The gunman grabbed the phone and took off in the deliveryman’s car, which is described as a 2012 tan Kia Soul.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Salisbury Police at 704-638-5333 or Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.

In other police reports:

• A man reported on Thursday a larceny occurred in the 100 block of Wilson Road and Victory Street.

• A woman reported on Thursday a mo-ped was stolen from the 1000 block of South Fulton Street.

• A man reported on Thursday he was the victim of an assault in the 700 block of Victory Street.

• A woman reported on Thursday she was the victim of a verbal assault in the Dollar Tree parking lot at 1935 West Jake Alexander Blvd.

In Sheriff’s Office reports:

• A man reported on Wednesday items were taken from his vehicle in the 8700 block of Smith Road, Kannapolis.

• A man reported on Wednesday items were taken from his vehicle in the 7600 block of Freeze Road, Kannapolis.

• A man reported on Wednesday he was robbed in the 1400 block of Bringle Ferry Road.

• A woman reported on Wednesday she was assaulted at her home in the 8200 block of U.S. 52, Rockwell.

• A woman reported on Wednesday her house was broken into in the 100 block of Thunder Road, China Grove.

• Shelly Knight Moore, 30, was charged on Wednesday with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance schedule IV in the 5000 Faith Road.

• Nathaniel Wayne Pride Lemons, 22, was charged with felony assault by strangulation in the 3800 block of Miller Road.

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.