At approximately 11:42 p.m. on April 7, Domino’s Pizza located at 633 Main St. reported an armed robbery. The man had his hand under his sweatshirt but did not display a weapon. He got away with about $40 and fled on foot to a vehicle parked at a nearby business.
He was described as wearing jeans, gray boxers and a gray sweatshirt, and as being 5’7” and weighing about 150 pounds. The MO was similar to that of the person being sought for 10 other robberies in the Greater Portland area between March 20-29.
Nathan Allen, 36, of Veranda St. in Portland was arrested the following morning as he left his apartment. He is not believed to be connected to any of the other armed robberies in the area.
However, about an hour after the Domino’s robbery, Allen picked up a cab at PT’s Showclub on Riverside Drive in Portland and asked to be taken to Veranda St. Allen wrapped his arms around the cabdriver’s neck and began choking him, telling the driver, “You know what I want.”
The cabdriver stopped fighting and gave Allen about $50 in cash. Both men got out of the cab but when Allen began approaching the driver, he got back into his cab and drove away. Allen later called his sister-in-law and told her he had committed the two crimes and that he had returned to using drugs for the past few weeks saying, “last night I was smoking crack and I robbed a Domino’s and a cab.”
Allen has been charged with a Class B robbery for the threatened use of force at Domino’s and is facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted. The robbery of the cabdriver is a Class A robbery because he used force to commit the crime.