Ladies And Gentlemen, He Got Him!
A paroled convict accused of mugging Manhattan deliverymen was caught when a deliveryman “turned the tables” and beat him up:
Posted: June 1st, 2006 | Filed under: Huzzah!, Law & OrderAn armed parolee, believed to have robbed at least four food deliverymen in Manhattan, got his just desserts when his latest victim turned the tables and beat him to a pulp, cops said yesterday.
Charles Jones — on parole for robbery — was busted near the West Side tennis courts in Central Park when he tried to run from 24-year-old pizza deliveryman Celiviano DeJesus, who pummeled him until cops arrived.
Instead of being hauled off to jail, Jones was brought to a local hospital with a broken nose. He was charged only with the latest stickup because his face was too disfigured to place him in a lineup.
“I was furious, I was just so angry he attacked me, I attacked him back,” said battered hero DeJesus who was sporting two black eyes.
On Tuesday evening, DeJesus made a delivery for Daniello’s Pizzeria on 96th Street to a building on West 93rd Street.
Jones met him in the lobby, told him he had the money in his apartment and they got on the elevator, DeJesus said.
“He said give me your money, then he hit me in the face with a metal rod,” DeJesus said.
But instead of forking over $50, a lasagna platter and a Sprite, DeJesus served up a knuckle sandwich.