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Delivery driver robbed at WVA
By: Andy Dierker
Issue date: 11/2/06 Section: News
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A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Oct. 26 after making a delivery to the Webster Village Apartments.
The 26-year-old driver, Nick Caito, has worked for the Crestwood Pizza Hut since 2003. Caito said he made a delivery to the apartments at 10:20 p.m. and was approached by two men as he walked back to his car. He said at first, he thought they were students.
"I had passed no less than six students heading to and from the delivery," Caito said. "One (of the men) passed me to my left and got behind me. The other stopped in front of me and pulled out a gun - he kept it pressed close to him so that none of the students walking around could see it."
Caito said the man with the gun demanded his money while the man behind him pulled valuables from his pockets. The suspects took the money from his wallet, the money he had gotten from that night's deliveries and his cell phone.
"They told me to run back to my car or they'd shoot me," Caito said.
Tracy Winka, manager of Public Safety for Webster, said Public Safety's role was limited because the Webster Groves
Police were contacted first.
"When (the call) comes from someone outside the university, we sometimes won't even know about it," Winka said. "We'll assist the police as much as we can, but when they come on our campus, the crime scene is turned over to them."
Caito said the police believe he was targeted because of the "car toppers" delivery drivers often have on their vehicles. The suspects probably saw his car with the topper and followed him to his delivery to rob him.
Because of this, Winka said it's unlikely that Webster is in any imminent danger of another robbery.
"It doesn't appear it was targeted here," Winka said. "And we haven't had any other incidents, but of course I could say that and then another incident happens tomorrow."
Winka said the best advice would be for students to be extra careful when walking to or from their cars on campus.
The 26-year-old driver, Nick Caito, has worked for the Crestwood Pizza Hut since 2003. Caito said he made a delivery to the apartments at 10:20 p.m. and was approached by two men as he walked back to his car. He said at first, he thought they were students.
"I had passed no less than six students heading to and from the delivery," Caito said. "One (of the men) passed me to my left and got behind me. The other stopped in front of me and pulled out a gun - he kept it pressed close to him so that none of the students walking around could see it."
Caito said the man with the gun demanded his money while the man behind him pulled valuables from his pockets. The suspects took the money from his wallet, the money he had gotten from that night's deliveries and his cell phone.
"They told me to run back to my car or they'd shoot me," Caito said.
Tracy Winka, manager of Public Safety for Webster, said Public Safety's role was limited because the Webster Groves
Police were contacted first.
"When (the call) comes from someone outside the university, we sometimes won't even know about it," Winka said. "We'll assist the police as much as we can, but when they come on our campus, the crime scene is turned over to them."
Caito said the police believe he was targeted because of the "car toppers" delivery drivers often have on their vehicles. The suspects probably saw his car with the topper and followed him to his delivery to rob him.
Because of this, Winka said it's unlikely that Webster is in any imminent danger of another robbery.
"It doesn't appear it was targeted here," Winka said. "And we haven't had any other incidents, but of course I could say that and then another incident happens tomorrow."
Winka said the best advice would be for students to be extra careful when walking to or from their cars on campus.
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