A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to threatening a Little Caesars employee with an AK-47 when his pizza order wasn’t “hot and ready.”
Charles Doty Jr., 64, admitted that he pointed a high-powered rifle at the face of an employee — who was working his first day at the chain’s Knoxville location in November 2021 — because he felt his pizza order was taking too long.
He ordered a pepperoni pie but grew impatient when told it would take 10 minutes. He left the restaurant and returned with an AK-47 demanding a free Little Ceasar’s Crazy Bread order during the wait.
“He came in, gun pointed … down a little bit,” new employee, Kimberleigh Murrell, told WATE. “Then I saw him. My eyes fell on the gun and he literally pulled it out, pointed it at me … and said ‘Where’s my pizza? I want my pizza now.'”
When another employee tried to leave the restaurant, Doty allegedly asked her “where she thought she was going,” according to the police report.
Charles Doty Jr. pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated assault in connection with the threat. Knoxville Police Department
“I never expected someone to come over a $6 pizza that you paid for with a gun,” Murrell said.
Another customer who had just received his pie handed it to Doty to defuse the situation.
He left with the customer’s pizza before police arrived in response to an employee’s 911 call.
Doty asked for free bread when he was told his pepperoni pizza would take 10 minutes to make.
Another staff member at the pizzeria said he was also surprised by the short wait.
“It wasn’t even 10 minutes of waiting when he came in with a gun. If he didn’t come in with the gun and wait another two maybe three minutes, it would have been boxed and in his hand,” Noah Beeler told the local station.
Doty pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated assault on Aug. 23, The Smoking Gun reported.
He will be sentenced on Sept. 29.
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