Police search for man wanted in string of food delivery hold-ups

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Nearly a dozen pizza delivery drivers have been robbed and beaten in DeKalb County.
 
Police told Channel 2's Liz Artz they have four suspects in custody and are searching for a fifth.
 
Equeill Williams told Artz he was one of 10 pizza delivery drivers lured to a fake address in DeKalb County and then robbed and beaten at gun point.
 
"Four guys came around the corner they had guns they told me to drop to the ground," Williams said. "I didn't know what to think. I just laid there, I blacked out."
 
Police say in all the cases the suspects took the pizza, cash, wallets and in several cases the delivery driver's car.
 
Williams told Artz he thought he was going to die as he lie on the ground at the Marquis Chase Apartments.
 
"This is the end. I mean it was really scary," Williams said.
 
Detective Chasity Cantrell of the DeKalb County Police Department said they have arrested four of the five suspects. She said James Coley, 33, is still on the run and may have fled to Oakland, California.
 
"Other leads saying he's still here somewhere in Georgia," Cantrell told Artz.
 
Cantrell said it's unusual to have one group commit so many similar type robberies.
 
"They do a couple, they stop, go to something else, one after the other after the other," Cantrell said.
 
Williams told Artz he's out of the delivery business. He was one of the first victim's. Artz showed him a picture of victim No. 7, who we are not identifying. The man spent days in the hospital.
 
"I feel like compared to that, I feel like I'm blessed," Williams said.
 
Police told Artz as for the driver's safety, they should call before going to the door. If no one answers, don't go to the door and if your gut tells you something is wrong, listen to it and leave.
 
DeKalb police said they reached out to all the business affected by the robberies and offered a safety seminar. Only one business has responded.