Man Arrested for Stealing Pizza Delivery Vehicle

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 --- 10:55 a.m.

According to the Madison Police:

On Monday evening, at 7:43 p.m. a pizza delivery driver reported that his green 1995 Eagle Vision had been stolen after he left it unlocked and running behind the Pizza Extreme, 5706 Raymond Road.

Madison Police officers were advised of the stolen car, and at 12:49 a.m. Tuesday morning one spotted the Eagle. He followed it as the driver turned from Raymond Road to southbound on Frisch Road, to westbound onto Brompton Circle. As the officer stopped the car all four-passenger doors popped open and four men took off running.

The officer pursued the driver, and was able to track him down during a foot chase. Arrested for Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Owner's Consent, Resisting Arrest, Knowingly Operate Without a Valid Driver's License Causing Damage to Property, Casual Possession of Marijuana in a Public Place, and a Probation Hold was Ronnie A. Ballard, age 19, Madison.

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Posted by: Susan on Aug 23, 2008 at 10:02 PM
"Goes to show your this due it an idiot"...Brenda, what the heck is your point?

Posted by: Rodney Location: Madison on Aug 21, 2008 at 01:11 PM
It's a conspiracy! Mayor dave, in his attempt to make the west side look dangerous, has had actors stage all these crimes! notice the 2 cars that got ripped off on the west side in the last month were found reasonably quickly, w/ no damages, and the drivers were caught! dave wants criminals behind bars, so these actors will get huber, but I bet the people that robbed eastgate cinema, and howard johnson's on the east side get probation, b/c they were caught in the act, and dave wants people to feel safe on e. wash since he spent millions of $ to make it all pretty as the gateway to the city! look @ it! two car thefts, two hotels robbed on the west side, perps all left the scenes, one theater, and one hotel, and perps caught on site by security guards and cops! you'll also notice he had a bus driver attacked so people will drive their own cars, buying gas, paying for parking downtown where most meetings take place! or patronize cab companies in Madison! just watch when they're sentenced

Posted by: Brenda on Aug 20, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Goes to show your this due it an idiot. staling a vehicle with eextreme piza all over it? Hmmm not to smart!

Posted by: Bonnie Location: East Madison on Aug 20, 2008 at 07:34 AM
what a crap hole the west side is becoming! this is what the second car stolen in as many weeks? first that lady dropping her kids off at the babysitter's place, and a drug addict steals it and takes it to a drug house (which no one said was ever shut down after that car ended up there!), and now this drug carrying loser- why can't the cops just shoot these low life law breaking losers? I mean, it isn't like no one in the past 30 years has forgot to mention that drugs and stealing are illegal, so just shoot the rats and put them out to rot in the dump with the rest of the trash! and somebody go slap that pizza driver! Duh! let's make it really easy to steal the car!

Posted by: Carma on Aug 20, 2008 at 06:13 AM
If they had it running, they should have had a 2nd key to unlock the running car. Never keep a running car unlocked.

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 09:32 PM
To Me: Who cares if he left his car running...the four people STOLE his car! They were the ones that were in the wrong not the one who ran inside to get more pizzas to deliver! He was working!

Posted by: me Location: madison on Aug 19, 2008 at 04:40 PM
I agree, the boob got what they deserved. Who in their right mind would leave their car running? Even if he had another delivery waiting inside the store for him/her, it only takes a second to open a door, put the car in drive and take off.

Posted by: Deke Location: Madison on Aug 19, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Oh lookie- another teenage punk loser ripping off the property of a hard working individual that uses the car for their job! too bad the cops didn't have to shoot! well, it could have looked like they had to, had they done it anyway, which they should have done, but I respect that the officer showed great restraint in not capping the little ba*d while he was running! would have served the little punk right, and saved us all some $$!

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 03:44 PM
Just another fine lesson for the Madison/Dane County area. Start electing a D.A. who's not afraid to go after criminals. The current situation in that office will continue to lead this community to seeing criminals like this on the street more and more. Brian Blanchard's defense is always "we don't have funding" but if you talk to any of his assistant D.A.s they all say its just because he doesn't have a spine. Someone needs to run against him in the upcoming election so the D.A.'s office can again return to working with police instead of against them.

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 03:07 PM
see what can be stopped when u dont be stupid and leave your keys in your car.

Posted by: Fred Location: madison on Aug 19, 2008 at 01:07 PM
Go figure, another re-peat offender. Ballard has been in jail before. These guys will never get it. Time to start locking up these thugs and never let them out!

Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 19, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Maybe they ordered a pizza and it wasn't delivered fast enough so they wanted to show this guy how to deliver pizza's in record time.

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