2015-01-19 Baca

Aggravated Robbery – Pizza Delivery Carjacking

Adrian Baca, 31, of Amarillo, was arrested and booked on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery following a carjacking incident involving a pizza delivery driver on a Friday evening.^[1]

Incident

Amarillo police received a report of an armed robbery at approximately 7:55 p.m. in the 800 block of South Kentucky Street, according to Sgt. Brent Barbee. A man armed with a handgun, later identified as Baca, confronted a pizza delivery driver, struck him in the face, pushed him out of his car, and drove away with the vehicle.

The car was recovered a short time later near the intersection of Southwest Eighth Avenue and South Pierce Street. The robber had fled on foot after driving the car into construction barricades.

Additional Calls

As officers investigated the wreck, police received a call from someone in the 500 block of South Browning Street who reported a man had showed up at the door of a house yelling about a gun, Barbee said. The man had fled by the time officers arrived.

Minutes later, a second call came in from the same block describing a man who had come to a house yelling and screaming.

Arrest

Just before 9 p.m., police returned to the area and found Baca in the 700 block of South Browning Street. Officers initially took him into custody on suspicion of public intoxication and disorderly conduct, Barbee said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital. Officers then realized the man they had arrested on Browning Street was the suspect they were searching for in the robbery and hit-and-run.

Charges and Bond

Baca was booked into Potter County Jail on a first-degree felony charge of aggravated robbery and a parole violation, according to Potter County jail records. He was being held in lieu of $100,000 bond.

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