15 Flabbergasting Crimes Involving Pizza
By Jim Goad
8. Robbers murder man for pizza.
In January 2014, an 86-year-old Alabama man was beaten and stabbed to death in his home, allegedly by a trio of young suspects. According to the District Attorney handling the case, they stole his wedding ring, pawned it, and bought a pizza with the money. “It’s just a senseless crime—for pizza. That’s what they got out of it,” prosecutor Ashley Rich told a reporter.
9. A man whose last name is “Noid” holds Domino’s restaurant hostage because he was paranoid that the company’s cartoon “Noid” character was about him.
In the 1980s, Domino’s Pizza used a savagely annoying cartoon character they called “The Noid” in their TV commercials. In 1989, an Atlanta man whose real name was Kenneth Lamar Noid, paranoid that the ads were making fun of him, held employees at a Domino’s hostage for five hours. He successfully copped an insanity plea.
10. Shoplifting suspect allegedly orders five pizzas for his arresting officer from jail.
Using his cell phone from jail, a Kentucky shoplifting suspect named Michael Harp allegedly ordered five pizzas in July 2014 for the policeman who arrested him. In addition to the shoplifting and public intoxication charges, authorities tacked on charges of identity theft and impersonating a police officer.