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Spinelli's driver stabbed outside emergency room

Roberto Roldan
The Courier-Journal

A Spinelli's pizza delivery driver was in stable condition after being carjacked, robbed and seriously stabbed.

Fortunately for Josh Lewis, he was delivering the original pizza to the Norton Hospital emergency room at 200 E. Chestnut St. Sunday afternoon when he was attacked.

Lewis, a college student originally from Detroit, Mich., is recovering at the University of Louisville Hospital, Spinelli's regional manager Willow Rouben said.

Louisville Metro Police are still looking for the suspect and Lewis' black Jeep Cherokee with gold racing stripes and light blue trim bearing Michigan license plate CDY6122.

Lewis has always been a reliable and responsible employee and his determination to deliver the pizza underscores that, Rouben said.

Lewis had been working on and off at the Spinelli's Pizzeria on Fifth and Jefferson streets for almost a year. Though the company generally doesn't hire part-time delivery drivers, Rouben said managers made an exception for Lewis because of his work ethic.

"He's just always been a really great guy," she said. "He shows up on time and is a great worker."

Sunday's robbery was not the first time a Spinelli's has been the victim of a robbery.

A delivery driver was robbed and had their leg broken roughly a year ago and another driver was making a delivery in Indiana when they were robbed and beaten, according to Rouben.

Spinelli's has security measures in place for drivers to try and avoid these types of incidents including lock boxes inside the stores so drivers don't carry around a lot of cash and a policy of only accepting debit and credit transactions after midnight.

Rouben said those policies will not change and that no new safety measures are likely to be instituted following Sunday's incident.

"I don't think (the robbery) was really directed at a pizza delivery guy, I think he was just a victim of opportunity, of circumstance," Rouben said.

Louisville Metro Police Department spokesman Dwight Mitchell said there are no new suspects or leads.

Anyone with any information about the vehicle or the stabbing is asked to call 502-574-LMPD (5673).