AVON PARK, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida woman helped save herself and her children by sending a message in an online pizza order that asked employees to call 911 because she was being held hostage.
The Avon Park Pizza Hut employees spotted what Cheryl Treadway wrote in the comment section of her order and called police.
Highlands County Sheriff’s deputies went to the home, where they were greeted by Treadway, who was carrying a small child. She told them her boyfriend, Ethan Nickerson, was inside the home, armed with a knife.
Treadway and her three children were escorted to safety.
WFLA-TV reports Lt. Curtis Ludden started talking to Nickerson through a closed door. He surrendered peacefully about 20 minutes later.
- Posted May 08, 2015
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Woman seeks rescue in online pizza order
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