A delivery driver allegedly returned to a Florida motel where a couple was staying and stabbed a woman multiple times this week over being tipped $2 on an order, police said.
Brianna Alvelo, 22, is charged with attempted murder, home invasion with a firearm, kidnapping and aggravated assault, according to court records. A man who allegedly accompanied Alvelo during the incident has not yet been identified.
A woman, her boyfriend, and the woman’s 5-year-old daughter were staying at a Kissimmee motel to celebrate a birthday and ordered a Marco’s pizza on Sunday, according to an affidavit filed in Alvelo’s case. The affidavit is based on the woman’s interview with the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Alvelo delivered the pizza, which cost about $33, and was asked to give change for a $50 bill, the affidavit said. But Alvelo did not have change and the woman searched for smaller bills, allegedly only giving Alvelo a $2 tip in the end.
Sometime later, the woman said she heard a loud knocking on the door, the affidavit said. A man and woman clad in all black wearing face masks allegedly forced themselves into the room when she opened the door.
The man brandished a silver revolver and demanded the woman’s boyfriend go into the bathroom, the affidavit said. And the other person, believed to be Alvelo, allegedly pulled out a pocket knife.
According to the affidavit, Alvelo rummaged through the woman’s purse and broke her daughter’s Nintendo Switch. The woman said she turned to shield her child and felt a strike to her lower back.
She then “threw her daughter onto the bed and attempted to pick up her phone,” the affidavit said.
But Alvelo allegedly grabbed the phone, smashed it, and “began striking her multiple times with the knife.” The man who had the gun then yelled it was time to go, stopping the assault, according to the affidavit.
The woman was stabbed 14 times, with wounds to the chest, arms, legs, and abdomen. She discovered she was pregnant while receiving treatment at a local hospital, the affidavit said.
Alvelo is being held at the Osceola County Jail on a $55,000 bail and does not have an attorney listed for her.
NBC South Florida reported that prosectors requested she be held without bond during her appearance in court, stating that this is a “punishable by life offense.”
Investigators reviewed motel security camera footage that showed a woman parking a red Toyota at around 10 p.m. and approaching the couple’s motel room. The interaction appeared consistent with the woman’s account of the delivery incident, the affidavit said.
Security footage then shows a red Toyota back in the parking lot and two people with face masks returning to the couple’s room roughly an hour and a half later, the affidavit said.
A manager at the Marco’s Pizza location confirmed to investigators that Alvelo was working the night of the incident, as well as the fact that she drives a red Toyota Camry. He also gave police a copy of her timecard, verifying that she finished her shift at 10:20 p.m. that night.
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is asking that anyone with information on the incident contact the Crimeline at (800) 423-8477.
