Overview
- Investigators with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office identified and arrested the unnamed 16-year-old after a late Saturday-night pizza delivery theft that led to custody on Sunday morning.
- The juvenile was booked into the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center on three counts of simple robbery, one count of first-degree robbery and one count of attempted simple robbery.
- Detectives from the sheriff’s Persons Crimes Unit worked with patrol deputies to link a series of incidents in the Lakeshore Villages area and identify the suspect.
- Authorities say the suspect’s method was to place DoorDash orders without prepaying, wait for drivers to arrive, then confront them and seize the food before fleeing.
- The arrests highlight a recurring safety risk for app-based delivery workers who can be lured to locations by unpaid orders and who may face confrontations when they arrive.