Police Release Photo Of Suspect In String Of Robberies

Police have released a photo of one of the suspects in connection to three robberies Wednesday night in Christian County.

Hopkinsville Police say just before 11 pm, 44-year-old Jefferey Karasiewicz, of Hopkinsville, was delivering a pizza to a home on Foxfield Road when he was shot in the arm by a juvenile attempting to steal his car.

Karasiewicz was taken to Jennie Stuart Medical Center by ambulance then flown to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.

Investigators say the juvenile who shot Karasiewicz was also involved in two other robberies that happened earlier in the night in Oak Grove.

Oak Grove Police say a man armed with a gun robbed a woman in the Walmart parking lot and took her car just before 10 pm.

As authorities were investigating the parking lot robbery, they were called to Luigi’s Pizza after three men entered the restaurant armed with a gun.

As Hopkinsville Police were en route to the shooting on Foxfield Road, they spotted the pizza delivery car and the vehicle used in the Luigi’s Pizza robbery on Pyle Lane and attempted to stop the car.

Police say both vehicles fled with the car used in the Luigi’s Pizza robbery stopping on Fort Campbell Boulevard in the area of the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West, and the suspects inside fleeing on foot.

The vehicle taken from the pizza delivery driver continued to flee before Christian County deputies used spike strips to deflate the tires, and the car ran off the road, hitting a truck at the Holiday Inn in Oak Grove.

The juvenile driver who allegedly stole the pizza delivery vehicle and shot the delivery driver was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree assault, and first-degree fleeing or evading police.

Those in the vehicle from the Luigi’s Pizza robbery have not been located.

Police ask if you have any information about any of the robberies to call the Hopkinsville-Christian County dispatch at 270-890-1300.


Police Release Photo Of Suspect In String Of Robberies