Police say toilet paper in Pennsylvania man’s home links him to attempted pizza shop heist
Original Publication Date: December 30, 2014 3:52AM
Publication Updated: January 8, 2025 9:10PM
UNIONTOWN, Pa. – Police say they matched a would-be pizza shop robber to a roll of toilet paper in his Pennsylvania home.
Uniontown police say 29-year-old Eric Frey tried to rob Michael Maria’s Pizza on Saturday by handing an employee a note written on toilet paper that read: “I have a gun. Give me $300.”
Police arrived before Frey could leave because an employee hit a panic button.
Frey told officers he was forced to commit the robbery by a large, bearded man with a gun who accosted him in a nearby alley.
But police say a search of Frey’s apartment wiped out that explanation: That’s where they say they found a newly opened roll of toilet paper with the pen impression from Frey’s note on an outer sheet.
Online court records don’t list an attorney for Frey.
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