Florida woman who says she was held hostage all day uses online pizza order to get help
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A central Florida woman who says her boyfriend was holding her and her children hostage sent a secret message asking for help in an online pizza order.
Highlands County Investigators told WFLA-TV (http://bit.ly/1bwXJ96) a Pizza Hut in Avon Park received an online order for pizza Monday afternoon from Cheryl Treadway. Under the comments section, Treadway wrote a message asking employees to call 911. The employees alerted police.
When deputies arrived at the home, Treadway answered the door and said her boyfriend, Ethan Nickerson had a knife. Deputies escorted Treadway and a child to safety and Highlands County Sherriff's Lt. Curtis Ludden says Nickerson was arrested. Two other children in the home were unharmed.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Deputies say Nickerson had been holding Treadway all day until she convinced him to let her order a pizza on her cellphone.
Nickerson was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon without intent to kill, battery, false imprisonment and obstructing justice by depriving communication to law enforcement.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: WFLA-TV, http://www.wfla.com/