Pizza man robbed at gun point – Suspect contends incident an accident

A pizza deliveryman was robbed at gunpoint, his masked attacker now charged with the crime after he reportedly confessed and said the robbery was all an accident.

The suspect, Susej Will Riddle, 19, is charged with aggravated robbery and is being held under $50,000 bond for allegedly robbing a Pizza Hut deliveryman when he arrived to deliver pizza and hot wings to what was later found to be an unoccupied residence at Buckingham Apartments.

According to police reports, the deliveryman had an order called in under the name Johnson who gave B-1 Buckingham as his address. When the victim arrived, he was met by the masked suspect who opened the door, pointed a gun in his face and ordered him inside the apartment.

?He told (the victim) to give him all of his money,? the report reads, noting the robber was described as being calm and cool throughout the heist. ?He sat the pizzas on the floor and dumped his money and pizza receipts on the floor.?

The deliveryman was then allowed to leave by the gunman, while leaving behind $31 worth of pizza and wings and about $30 cash. A subsequent search of the crime scene by police found receipts and coupons still lying on the floor. Witnesses also told lawmen a Dominos driver had come to the same apartment the night before.

The apartment was not being rented and was unoccupied, meaning the suspect had likely made entry and called in the order planning to ambush the deliveryman. However, the Dominos driver said no one answered the door the night he tried to deliver the pizza and Dominos learned the call back number had been disconnected.

It was days later that police developed information pointing to Riddle as the robber. A subsequent search of his nearby home at Partridge Meadows netted a wealth of evidence including a red bandana, similar to that worn by the robber, a black and white hooded sweat shirt, like that worn by the robber, and a BB pistol, which may have been the firearm stuck in the face of the deliveryman. Lawmen also found an empty pizza box in the kitchen trash.

During a later interview with police, Riddle reportedly confessed, saying the whole incident was an accident. He did not elaborate on how he accidentally robbed the deliveryman.