Woman Uses Pizza Hut App To Contact Police In Hostage Situation
Arstechnica – A Florida woman used the comments section of a Pizza Hut order made from her smartphone on Monday afternoon to alert authorities that she and her children were being held hostage. When police responded to her message, arriving at the location, she and her children were quickly released, unharmed, and the kidnapper was arrested. According to a Highlands County Sheriff’s Office press release, Cheryl Treadway, a woman from Avon Park, about 85 miles southeast of Tampa, had been arguing most of the day with her boyfriend, Ethan Nickerson, who carried “a large knife.” As the agency wrote:
When Ms. Treadway attempted to leave the residence to pick up the children from school, Mr. Nickerson grabbed her and took her cell phone. He then accompanied Ms. Treadway to pick up the children. Upon returning home, Ms. Treadway eventually convinced Mr. Nickerson to let her use the cell phone to order a pizza which is when she sent the message to Pizza Hut. Immediately after the pizza order was placed, Mr. Nickerson took the cell phone back from her.
WFLA, a local television station, reported that this was her regular order, a “hand-tossed classic pizza with pepperoni.” The Pizza Hut employees recognized Treadway’s order and realized that her comments to send help could be genuine. Officers were dispatched both to the Pizza Hut location and to Treadway’s home, where one cop convinced Nickerson to stand down and let the hostages go. “We’ve never seen that before,” the restaurant’s manager, Candy Hamilton, told WFLA. “I’ve been here 28 years and never, never seen nothing like that come through.”
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this world, its if you’re ever holding people hostage, do NOT let them order pizza. First there’s that legendary (probably urban legend-ary) story of the woman who called 911 and pretended to be talking to the pizza place when she was being abused by her husband. Now we got the updated version with the woman texting the Pizza Hut app to send help. What the fuck is it with these scumbags needing pizza like directly in the middle of their crimes?? You’re holding your wife and kids hostage at knife point and she suggests ordering fucking pizza and you’re like “Yea you know what? I could go for one of those Pizza Hut Triple Box things!”
You’re wailing on your wife and the first thing that enters your head is like “Now order me some pizza, bitch! With a calzone and garlic knots!” Whats the best case scenario there? At the very least you’re having a delivery man show up to your door in the middle of your hostage situation. Thats probably not good for business as a hostage taker.
Bottom line is if you’re in the middle of committing violent acts, the pizza can wait. Finish off your domestic violence or your hostage situation and order your pizza later. Maybe make the pizza part of your demands to the negotiator. But do NOT let them order some pizza on their own because they are most definitely contacting the authorities.
PS – Just goes to show how delicious pizza is. Almost like how guys will do something incredibly stupid for the chance to get some pussy. Same applies for pizza. Looking back with hindsight you realize it was a terrible idea to order pizza delivery in the middle of your criminal activity but in that moment you just wanted some fucking pizza.