EG Man Arrested for Pointing Shotgun at Pizza Delivery Driver

EAST GREENWICH, RI—A 53-year-old East Greenwich man was charged with felony assault with a dangerous weapon after allegedly pointing a shotgun at a pizza delivery driver trying to deliver a sandwich.

Police said Robert Phillip Lynch, of 1765 Division Road, was arrested on March 3 after police investigated a report from the delivery driver who said that Lynch grabbed the gun from his garage and pointed the barrel at him as he fled from the scene in fear of his life.

According to a police report, the driver told police at around 4:40 p.m. that he was in his first week of training at Pizza Heaven when he arrived at Lynch's address. Nobody answered the door when he knocked, so he called the customer, identified as Lynch, who began yelling telling the driver to "leave the [expletive] sandwich outside."

The driver said that he told Lynch that he would be placed on the "do not call list" and to not order any more, at which point Lynch burst out of his house and started yelling that he was going to injure the driver.

The driver said he stepped out of his car to hand Lynch the sandwich when Lynch opened a garage door, grabbed the shotgun and started walking toward his car while screaming "I'm going to [expletive] you up" over and over.

The driver started to leave the scene and Lynch pointed the gun at the driver as he continued to yell, according to the report.

Police said they obtained a warrant for Lynch's arrest after an investigation and he was arrested the following day.

Lynch was arraigned on March 4 and released on surety bail. He is due to return to court on April 18 for an Attorney General screening conference.