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Florida Woman Uses Pizza Hut App to Secretly Call for Help During Hostage Situation

In a dramatic turn of events in Florida, Cheryl Treadway ingeniously used a Pizza Hut app to secure police assistance during a harrowing hostage situation. Treadway’s quick thinking and clever use of technology led to the arrest of her boyfriend, who had taken her and her children hostage.

The incident unfolded when Treadway’s boyfriend, whose identity has not been released, held her and her children captive in their home. In a desperate bid to escape the dangerous situation, Treadway managed to convince her captor to let her use her phone to order a pizza. She took advantage of the special request section in the Pizza Hut app to send a covert distress signal: “Please help. Get 911 to me.” Read the full story here ▶