Beware Robbers Dressed as Pizza Delivery Dudes

Not actual robber, but he was kind of a dick in Home Alone.Man, you think you're doing a favor when holding the door open for a delivery man or woman carrying a stack of piping hot pizzas into your building. You never think that by letting this messenger of cheesy goodness into your vestibule that they just might rob your ass.

Via the Brooklyn Paper Police Blotter:

A knife-wielding thug masquerading as a pizza deliveryman robbed a woman on Seventh Street on Dec. 24 — but was arrested following a bungled getaway.

The thief, who was carrying pizza boxes, followed the 28-year-old woman into the lobby of her apartment building near Prospect Park West at 11 am, then flashed a knife and said, “Give me all your stuff. I don’t want to hurt you.”

The woman handed over an iPhone, black leather boots, $60 — and even her earmuffs. The crook scooped up the stuff and fled in a stolen car, but crashed into a taxi after running several red lights.

Always ask for proof of pizza before opening the door.