Pizza deliverer in Florida charged with stabbing pregnant woman at motel after tip dispute
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A pizza delivery driver in central Florida has been accused of pushing his way into a motel room with an accomplice and stabbing a pregnant woman after a dispute over a tip, authorities said.
Brianna Alvelo was accused of stabbing a woman in her motel room in Kissimmee, Florida, shortly after delivering a pizza to her on Sunday, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman gave Alvelo $50 on a $33.10 bill, expecting to get change in return. As Alvelo started to walk away, the woman asked for a refund, and the pizza delivery person told her they had made no change as a policy, according to an arrest report.
The woman began searching for smaller denominations in two purses in her motel room and in her car as Alvelo watched. She received a smaller dollar bill from her friend, with whom she was staying at the hotel along with her 5-year-old daughter, and Alvelo’s tip ended up being $2, the report said.
Alvelo “rolled her eyes and walked away without saying anything,” the report said.
A short time later, the woman, her boyfriend and daughter were sleeping when they heard a knock on the motel room door. The women opened the door and were confronted by a woman, who authorities said was Alvelo, and an armed man, both wearing face masks, who forced their way into the room. The armed man ordered the boyfriend to go to the bathroom. Alvelo searched their belongings in the motel room and then stabbed the women 14 times with a pocket knife while protecting her daughter, the arrest report said.
The arrest report stated that the woman had just found out she was a few weeks pregnant. She was taken to a hospital where she underwent surgery for a ruptured lung.
Alvelo is charged with attempted murder, home invasion with a firearm, kidnapping and aggravated assault with a weapon. An online court docket showed there was no lawyer for her. Before Thursday’s hearing, she said in court filings that she could not afford a lawyer and asked that one be appointed for her.
Authorities had not publicly identified the male suspect as of Thursday.