Girl, 14, Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint

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Girl, 14, Accused Of Robbing Pizza Delivery Driver At Gunpoint

POSTED: 10:35 pm EDT June 20, 2005
UPDATED: 3:22 pm EDT June 21, 2005

A 14-year-old girl in Orlando, Fla., was arrested Monday for allegedly holding up a pizza delivery driver at gunpoint, according to police.

Investigators said Kaya Hall, 14, (pictured, left) faces felony charges in connection with the robbery of a Pizza Hut driver at a Pine Hills apartment complex over the weekend.

Detectives said Hall and two others were involved in the robbery.

"Times are changing, crimes are changing and criminals out in the street are getting younger by the day," Orange County sheriff's spokesman Carlos Torres said.

Local 6 News has learned that robbing delivery drivers in Central Florida is becoming a more frequent trend this year.

Recent robberies have forced some restaurants to change their delivery policies. Some pizza shop owners refuse to go to certain neighborhoods at night after reports that criminals call in with fake addresses and then ambush drivers.

According to the bureau of labor statistics, driver-sales type work, such as pizza delivery, is the fifth most deadly occupation when you combine traffic fatalities and homicides.

The bureau says it's a job more deadly than roofing, electrical power installation, farm work, and construction work.

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