2008 Woodie Awards
Pizza order turns into alleged fight
Derek Hawkins
Issue date: 5/9/07 Section: News
A Roxbury District Court magistrate concluded there was sufficient evidence to arraign two employees from Cappy's Pizza and Subs in a hearing Monday for allegedly attacking two college students, said both parties involved in the case.
Demetrios Pseudoikonomou, owner and manager of Cappy's, and another employee will appear in court again June 1, where they will be arraigned for the alleged assault and battery of Allison Partridge, a Northeastern freshman political science and history major, and Brian Sawyer, a Westfield State College freshman.
According to the police report, Pseudoikonomou and at least one other employee assaulted Partridge and Sawyer outside the Cappy's store at 82 Westland Ave. in the early hours of April 16 following a verbal dispute inside the restaurant.
Although Partridge, Sawyer and at least two witnesses insist that they were assaulted, Pseudoikonomou denies he or any of his employees attacked the students.
"I didn't hurt anybody," Pseudoikonomou said. "There's no point for anybody here to fight these kids. People come in rowdy all the time and I just let them go."
While the parties involved agreed there had been a verbal argument at about 2 a.m., they differ on specific details.
Partridge said the argument began after she received an "inedible" pizza that was soaked in hot sauce and that Cappy's employees attempted to charge her $10 more than the $10 she had already paid for her meal.
Sawyer said he saw Partridge and Pseudoikonomou bickering and went to the counter to defend her.
The argument that followed lasted at least 10 minutes and ended with Sawyer throwing an empty pizza box onto the front counter and walking out of the store.
Pseudoikonomou challenged that account, saying that Sawyer, whom he called "obnoxiously drunk," not only threw the pizza box at him, but made threatening gestures and tore a poster from the store's wall. Sawyer, 19, said in an interview with The News, he had consumed about 10 beers that night.
Demetrios Pseudoikonomou, owner and manager of Cappy's, and another employee will appear in court again June 1, where they will be arraigned for the alleged assault and battery of Allison Partridge, a Northeastern freshman political science and history major, and Brian Sawyer, a Westfield State College freshman.
According to the police report, Pseudoikonomou and at least one other employee assaulted Partridge and Sawyer outside the Cappy's store at 82 Westland Ave. in the early hours of April 16 following a verbal dispute inside the restaurant.
Although Partridge, Sawyer and at least two witnesses insist that they were assaulted, Pseudoikonomou denies he or any of his employees attacked the students.
"I didn't hurt anybody," Pseudoikonomou said. "There's no point for anybody here to fight these kids. People come in rowdy all the time and I just let them go."
While the parties involved agreed there had been a verbal argument at about 2 a.m., they differ on specific details.
Partridge said the argument began after she received an "inedible" pizza that was soaked in hot sauce and that Cappy's employees attempted to charge her $10 more than the $10 she had already paid for her meal.
Sawyer said he saw Partridge and Pseudoikonomou bickering and went to the counter to defend her.
The argument that followed lasted at least 10 minutes and ended with Sawyer throwing an empty pizza box onto the front counter and walking out of the store.
Pseudoikonomou challenged that account, saying that Sawyer, whom he called "obnoxiously drunk," not only threw the pizza box at him, but made threatening gestures and tore a poster from the store's wall. Sawyer, 19, said in an interview with The News, he had consumed about 10 beers that night.
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Student
posted 5/09/07 @ 12:19 PM EST
If you guys were sober like you should have been this wouldn't have happened. Refer them to OSCCR for underage drinking.
Mike
posted 5/09/07 @ 1:36 PM EST
Ive heard so many conflicting reports of this story. Nobody should be assaulted over a pizza. But actions of students should not go unnoticed. At 2am Cappy's is filled to the brim with drunk,loud, and usually disrespectful college aged students looking to eat pizza that normally have no insight as to how this business tries to operate with a mob. (Continued…)
Scott
posted 5/09/07 @ 8:29 PM EST
It doesn't matter if they were drunk or not... assault and battery is still illegal.
What I'd like to see is the Cappy's employees sent to jail for their assault and battery, and the NU students charged with underage drinking and given a fine for it. (Continued…)
Libia
posted 5/09/07 @ 10:59 PM EST
I remember hearing stories about why students were boycotting Cappys, and I have to admit I found it hard to believe those employees would do all that to that extent so maybe I'm already biased because I initially thought students were exaggerating the whole thing. (Continued…)
Christian
posted 5/09/07 @ 11:14 PM EST
Let's see, the girl involved is a freshmen, they were stupid and extremely drunk (not to mention underage). Who are we supposed to believe? Employees who have to deal with obnoxious college kids day in and day out, or a bunch of drunk fools?
Matt
posted 5/10/07 @ 6:46 AM EST
This doesn't surprise me in the least, these guys are jerks. I've never eaten at a place that treats their customers with so much disrespect. I stopped eating there after Freshmen year. (Continued…)
Student
posted 5/10/07 @ 10:56 AM EST
First of all, why wasn't the northeastern girl referred to OSCCR? she's a freshman, which means most likely she is way under the age of 21. i agree that cappys may not serve their customers with the utmost respect, but they are used to dealing with drunk college kids. (Continued…)
J
posted 5/10/07 @ 5:19 PM EST
I can't believe there are people commenting on this article who are calling for the students to be punished for drinking. Give them a break! They were having a normal weekend night, the same as any of us, until this argument erupted. (Continued…)
JazzyJ
Jason
posted 5/14/07 @ 9:24 AM EST
College kids are dumb as hell, I wouldn't have had a problem with this had it been one employee fighting the guy. I would have done the same thing if someone came in and threw something at me and was swearing at me, but anytime a group ambushes anyone its just straight up cowardice. (Continued…)
Carly aka witness to the crime
posted 3/25/08 @ 12:03 PM EST
Just letting everyone know, regardless of the conflicting reports, as of March 2008, the Cappy's employees PLEAD GUILTY, paid for all of the medical expenses, and are on probation. (Continued…)
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