Florida - Pizza delivery driver stabs customer over tip amount

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The victim was in the motel room with her boyfriend and her 5-year-old daughter when the stabbing occurred, investigators said, adding the victim was stabbed 14 times, underwent surgery for a punctured lung and learned at the hospital that she was a few weeks pregnant.

The victim and her boyfriend had reserved the room to celebrate the boyfriend’s birthday, the affidavit states.

When the pizza was delivered, the victim attempted to pay for the $33.10 order with a $50 bill and asked for change, conveying she did not want to leave that large of a tip. Alvelo told the victim that “they don’t provide change,” prompting the victim to ask for her money back and to look around for bills of smaller denominations, according to the affidavit. The victim eventually paid for the order and gave Alvelo a $2 tip, at which time she told investigators that Alvelo “rolled her eyes and walked away without saying anything.”

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Later, as the victim, her boyfriend and her daughter were reportedly asleep, she heard and answered a loud knocking at the door, according to the affidavit. When she went to open the door, Alvelo and a tall male brandishing a gun — both in all black and wearing face masks — allegedly forced themselves into the room. After pointing the gun at the victim and her daughter, the male allegedly commanded the victim’s boyfriend into the bathroom, where investigators say he smashed the boyfriend’s phone as Alvelo began rummaging through the victim’s things.

After Alvelo reportedly dumped out the victim’s purse and broke her daughter’s Nintendo Switch, the victim turned her back to Alvelo in order to shield the girl, investigators said. This is when the victim felt a hard strike to her lower back, realizing only upon the sight of blood that she had been stabbed with a pocket knife, according to the affidavit.

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