Smart Mum Held Hostage With 3 Kids Sneaks Plea For Help Into Online Pizza Order

A smart customer, Cheryl Treadway, who was held hostage with her three kids by her 26-year-old boyfriend was rescued after she ordered a classic pie with pepperoni online, and included an appeal for assistance in the comments section that read: “Please help. Get 911 to me.”

Candy Hamilton, the restaurant’s manager, told WFLA, “I’ve been here 28 years and never, never seen nothing like that come through.”

Ethan Nickerson, armed with a knife, had allegedly taken Treadway’s phone and refused to allow her or the kids to leave.

Police said Treadway was able to convince Nickerson to briefly relinquish the phone and allow her to place an online Pizza Hut order.

In the comments section, Treadway wrote the plea for help.

Pizza Hut employees said they recognized Treadway’s name and address, and immediately called 911.

Deputies from the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office reportedly rushed to the scene of the hostage situation and were able to rescue Treadway and her children without incident.

Nickerson, who was allegedly high on methamphetamine at the time, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a weapon without intent to kill, battery, false imprisonment and obstructing justice.

In a news release, the sheriff’s office praised Treadway for her potentially life-saving “quick thinking.”

“I don’t know if I ever would have thought of it. I mean it’s just something that she did so naturally,” Lt. Curtis Ludden told WFLA of the mom’s shrewd move.

Source: huffingtonpost