Janesville police deliver arrest of pizza robbery suspect

By STAN STRICKER ( Contact )   Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009
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A 22-year-old Janesville man has been arrested on charges of armed robbery after an incident involving a pizza delivery driver late Monday night.

Police say Thomas McKee is accused of displaying a handgun in his waistband and demanding money and the the pizzas a little after 11:09 p.m. in the 900 block of Benton Avenue. Police say a witness saw where the suspect fled, and police caught up with him shortly after, in his home on Milton Avenue.

Officers searching the area also found a facsimile firearm in the parking lot of a nearby church.

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