blotter: Pizza Hut delivery man robbed at gunpoint

Published 12:00 am Saturday, May 16, 2015

By Shavonne Walker

shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com

Police say a Pizza Hut delivery man was robbed at gunpoint after someone ordered a pizza and wings to a vacant East Franklin Street apartment.

The incident occurred Thursday around 12:30 a.m. at 810 East Franklin St. The delivery man pulled up to the property and called to check the address and while doing so he heard a loud banging on his window. Two men wearing ski masks and both wielding guns pointed them at him.

The men demanded his wallet, which they took the cash from it and tossed it aside. The men took the pizza and wings as well as the money used for delivery. The men ordered the victim to the ground.

He was not injured and was able to report the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Salisbury Police at 704-638-5333 or Crime Stoppers at 1-86-639-5245. These calls can be made anonymously.

In other police reports:

• A woman reported on Tuesday her ex-boyfriend assaulted her at her home in the 100 block of Wilson Road.

• A man reported on Tuesday his back window of his house was broken, a side screen was removed and a window opened. Someone was a box of papers was left on the neighbor’s property in the 600 block of West Cemetery Street.

• The owners of the Hambley-Wallace House reported someone pushed two solid granite stone decorations off the wall at the historic residence, damaging the property sometime between 9 p.m. Monday and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

• A man reported on Tuesday someone entered Good Stuff 5 & 10 store, 220 South Main St., removed her wallet from her purse that was under a work desk. The person then used both of her bank cards to buy items online.

• A man reported on Tuesday someone took his briefcase from his apartment in the 300 block of Mahaley Avenue.

• Queen Transportation reported on Tuesday someone took a trailer on May 10 from the business at 200 Peeler Road.

• The city of Salisbury reported on Tuesday someone took a walkie-talkie from a work vehicle in the 700 block of West Monroe Street.

• A 4-year-old was found wandering in the 400 block of West Jake Alexander Boulevard, police returned the child home and contacted Rowan Social Services.

• A man reported on Tuesday someone took his cellphone while at Miller Recreation Center.

• A man reported on Tuesday he was the victim of a physical assault in the 200 block of West Bank Street.

• A man reported on Wednesday the side of his car and hood were scratched with a key or other object in the 400 block of Grove Street.

• A woman reported on Wednesday she was the victim of fraud in the 700 block of Victory Street.

• A woman reported on Wednesday someone took items from her vehicle in the 1200 block of Lincolnton Road.

• Liberty Tax Service reported on Wednesday an employee tried to take items from the company at 2108 Statesville Blvd.

• A woman reported on Wednesday she was the victim of a domestic assault that occurred at East Franklin and North Long streets, but the assault actually occurred in the 1200 block of Bringle Ferry Road.

• A man reported on Wednesday he was the victim of fraud in the 1000 block of South Fulton Street.

• A man reported on Thursday he was the victim of a scam in the 600 block of Forney Street.

• A man reported Thursday someone tried to rob him at gunpoint in the 400 block of Mahaley Avenue.

• A man reported on Friday he was the victim of larceny from his vehicle in the 300 block of South West Street.

• A woman reported on Friday she was the victim of an assault in the 1300 block of North Long Street.

• William Edward Rutzler, 48, was charged on Wednesday with being a fugitive from justice in the 100 block of Wilson and Lincolnton roads.

• Justin Tyler Harister, 22, was charged on Wednesday with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance schedule III in the 700 block of South Caldwell and McCubbins streets.

• Joseph Daniel Vinson, 35, was charged on Thursday with felony assault by strangulation in the 100 block of East Liberty Street.

In sheriff’s reports:

• AT&T reported on Tuesday someone took 12 deep cycle batteries, valued at $300 each, from several telephone site locations.

• A man reported on Wednesday he was the victim of tax fraud in the 400 block of Hallmark Circle.

• A man reported on Wednesday someone took tolls and a handgun from his vehicle in the 700 block of Hidden Cove Drive.

• Kayla Leigh Brown, 28, was charged on Tuesday with felony robbery with a dangerous weapon in the 7600 block of Jones Road.

• Bobby Samuel Marlow, 63, was charged on Tuesday with misdemeanor communicating threats in the 6500 block of Enochville Circle, Kannapolis.

• Brandon Zupancic, 19, was charged on Tuesday with misdemeanor marijuana possession in the 7900 block of U.S. 52, Rockwell.

• Dennis Andrew Goodman, 37, was charged on Tuesday with felony financial transaction card theft while at the Rowan County Courthouse.

• Ty Robert Smith, 25, was charged on Tuesday with felony possession of a firearm by a felon in the 13100 block of Old Beatty Ford Road, Rockwell.

• Kamryn Alexis Galloway, 16, was charged on Wednesday with misdemeanor resist, obstruct, delay an officer in the 100 block of West Round and South Zion streets in Landis.

• Jonathan Joseph Palmer, 23, was charged on Wednesday with felony financial transaction card theft in the 200 block of Gillon Street, China Grove.

Contact reporter Shavonne Walker at 704-797-4253.