A pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint shortly after 8 a.m. Thursday in the 7300 block of Hazelcrest Avenue in Hazelwood, and police arrested two suspects, ages 11 and 15, right at the scene.
According to KMOV, the driver was robbed in the 7300 block of Hazelcrest Avenue shortly after 8 a.m. on Thursday, and officers took the two young suspects into custody without further incident. Police said the case would be referred to St. Louis County Court for review and prosecution, according to the station's reporting.
Conflicting Reports on Charges
Not every outlet described the case the same way. While the station's account says the matter is headed to county court for review, FOX 2 reported that the juveniles are facing charges of first-degree robbery and armed criminal action in St. Louis County Family Court. The two accounts differ on where the case currently stands, and neither a primary court record nor a charging document was made available to reconcile the discrepancy.
Details that would normally round out a story like this remain unavailable. The suspects' identities, the delivery company involved, and specifics about the weapon used have not been released by either outlet's report.
Another Armed Robbery Across Hazelwood
The Thursday morning holdup comes amid a string of similar incidents reported in the same city. FOX 2 separately reported that three people, including two teens, were arrested Sunday evening after an armed robbery in Hazelwood, in a case distinct from Thursday's pizza driver robbery. That incident occurred around 7 p.m. in the 200 block of Sadonia Avenue, per the outlet's reporting.
In that case, police said they found a victim who had been assaulted and robbed at gunpoint by three people, and that the victim knew the suspects. The three were later located and arrested at a nearby residence, where officers recovered several guns, FOX 2 reported. No publication or incident date was provided for that case beyond the Sunday timeframe, so its timing relative to Thursday's robbery of the pizza driver cannot be independently confirmed.
