Illinois Police Respond After Man Asks Homeowner for Pizza

The Midnight Pizza Request

The news came out yesterday that a Jacksonville man, not Florida, but Jacksonville, Illinois, answered the door late on Monday night after someone knocked.

Mind you, it was nearly midnight, and after the man opened the door, a stranger stood there and simply asked if the homeowner would make him a pizza.

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Declining the Strange Request

The man declined and said, according to My Journal Courier, "no matter how you slice it, it was pretty suspicious, so he called the police." The cops met with the homeowner, decided to look for the pizza-hungry fella, and soon caught up with him, telling him to stay away from the house.

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Nearby Pizza Solutions

Looking at where the home is in Jacksonville, I noticed it was very close to a Casey's. You know, Casey's General Store.

The same place that makes pizza, and pretty good pizza at that. Maybe the guy who was going around asking random strangers to make pizza would have been better off stopping at the gas station first before deciding to knock on doors at nearly midnight.

Remember This Pizza Lesson

Just remember, the next time a pizza craving hits, the right move is pepperoni, not police.