Dayton Daily News reporter's truck taken at gunpoint; used in armed robbery

The Dayton Daily News reported Wednesday on yet another in a series of DDN employees being victims of crime in 2004.

According to the newspaper, this latest incident occurred when a black-and-gray 1986 S10 Chevrolet pickup truck belonging to a Dayton Daily News reporter was stolen about 6 p.m. Tuesday from a downtown parking space and used in a robbery of a pizza business by two armed men.

The reporter told the DDN he was approaching his truck, parked at Sixth and Ludlow streets, when he saw one man near the vehicle and one in the passenger seat.

When he told the one man to get away from his truck, one of the men, described as being in his 20s, brandished a gun.

The reporter said he retreated, and returned to the DDN offices.

Dayton police Lt. John Bardun told the newspaper the two then drove to 3600 Germantown St. and robbed a Papa John's Pizza outlet.

This robbery follows a pattern of other attacks on DDN employees:

74 year-old newspaper carrier shot in carjacking

AGAIN: Dayton Daily News employee robbed

Another DDN employee victimized in a gun crime

All the while, the DDN continues to prohibit their employees from defending themselves and continues their anti-gun editorial stance.

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