A Hartford man is accused of robbing a pizza delivery driver at knifepoint in Southington on Friday night and has been arrested.
Police responded to the Motel 6 on Queen Street at 7:14 p.m. Friday after an armed robbery was reported and learned that a delivery driver for Vivaldi’s Pizza had been robbed.
Police said the driver brought an order to a room at the motel and no one answered the door, so he called the phone number associated with the order and arranged to meet the customer in the parking lot.
The customer had a knife, held up the driver and stole $273 in cash and a small amount of Rupees, then ran, according to police.
Police were able to obtain subscriber information for the cell phone that the food order came from, identified the suspect as 19-year-old Patrick Brown, of Hartford, learned the phone was still near Motel 6 and Brown had a room there, police said.
Officers found Brown in a room and the driver identified him as the person who robbed him, according to police.
Officers recovered a knife, cash and Indian currency in the room and said they also found Brown with crack cocaine.
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He was arrested and charged with robbery in the first degree, larceny in the sixth degree and possession of crack cocaine.
