Police in Austin, Texas, have accused a man of assaulting a pizza delivery driver and holding a gun to the head of a convenience store clerk in two separate robberies.
According to court records, Antonio Ezekiel Durio, 19, was arrested Tuesday and faces charges of robbery, aggravated robbery and harassment of a public servant.
An arrest warrant affidavit for Durio said a Pizza Hut delivery driver called police after being robbed while delivering a pizza near Cornell and Chicon streets in East Austin on Sunday.
The affidavit said the driver arrived shortly before 7 p.m. to find two men and one woman at the location.
According to the report, one of the men acted as though he was going to pay for the pizza, but turned and punched the driver in head instead.
The driver tried to grab the attacker, who then continued to strike him in the head and said something to the effect of “I’m just hungry,” the affidavit said.
According to the affidavit, police said Durio was one two men who robbed a convenience store across town in the 8600 block of Spicewood Springs Road on Monday morning.
Police said Durio walked behind the counter of the store and held a gun to an employee’s head as he grabbed money from the register and a pack of cigarettes, the affidavit said.
The other man also pulled out a gun, but stayed in front of the counter, the document said.
The delivery driver called police again the next day to tell them he was near Webberville Road and Oak Springs Drive when he spotted the man who had robbed him.
Officers used a stun gun to subdue the man after he tried to run from them, and he spat in an officer’s face while being placed into a police vehicle, the affidavit said.
According to the document, the man identified himself as Durio to officers, and admitted to being involved in both incidents, providing “intimate details” that had not been publicly released.
Durio was still being held at the Travis County Jail on Thursday afternoon.
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