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Orlando Sentinel:
Men shot in pizza robbery identified
By Pamela J. Johnson
of The Sentinel Staff
Published in The Orlando Sentinel on July 14, 2000
Orange County sheriff's officials Thursday identified the pizza-parlor robber who was shot and killed by a restaurant manager this week as Reginald Lenorris Stokes.
He was shot in the head by a manager at Hungry Howie's Pizza & Subs, 6900 Silver Star Road, on Wednesday night.
Stokes, who died at the restaurant, had a criminal record in Orlando dating to 1995, including a charge of false imprisonment. He would have turned 18 next month.
Authorities said Stokes and Jeremy Rogers, 19, entered the pizzeria wearing bandannas over their faces and pointed a gun at an employee's head.
Stokes saw manager Mark Stanovich, 30, on the telephone behind the counter and hit him over the head with his weapon while Rogers went for the cash register, deputies and employees said.
Stanovich grabbed a gun from behind the counter and fired a single shot at Stokes. The manager then shot Rogers twice, in the neck and chest.
Rogers has not been charged in Wednesday's robbery. He was in critical condition Thursday night at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Rogers' criminal history includes charges of grand theft, cocaine possession, and a lewd and lascivious act on a child.
Stanovich, recovering Thursday at his Altamonte Springs apartment from injuries to his head, did not want to be interviewed.
Since 1994, Stanovich has shot suspects during two other robberies. In October 1994, he shot a robber in the chest with a .38-caliber gun. That suspect lived.
After that shooting, a shaken Stanovich said, "I never want to go through that again."
The restaurant manager began keeping a gun behind the counter after numerous robberies, employees said.
Before Wednesday, the most recent shooting at the business occurred early last year, when Stanovich shot a robber in the chest after he barged into the restaurant wearing a ski mask, pulled two employees to the floor and demanded money from the cash register. He also survived and was charged in the robbery.
"It's odd that we keep getting robbed because we never keep cash in the register,'' said a 20-year-old employee who did not want her name published.
Sheriff's officials said the shooting appeared to be justified, and a full investigation is pending.
Posted Jul 13 2000 10:50PM
Latest data says manager is in the clear, as he should be.
Orlando Sentinel:
Men shot in pizza robbery identified
By Pamela J. Johnson
of The Sentinel Staff
Published in The Orlando Sentinel on July 14, 2000
Orange County sheriff's officials Thursday identified the pizza-parlor robber who was shot and killed by a restaurant manager this week as Reginald Lenorris Stokes.
He was shot in the head by a manager at Hungry Howie's Pizza & Subs, 6900 Silver Star Road, on Wednesday night.
Stokes, who died at the restaurant, had a criminal record in Orlando dating to 1995, including a charge of false imprisonment. He would have turned 18 next month.
Authorities said Stokes and Jeremy Rogers, 19, entered the pizzeria wearing bandannas over their faces and pointed a gun at an employee's head.
Stokes saw manager Mark Stanovich, 30, on the telephone behind the counter and hit him over the head with his weapon while Rogers went for the cash register, deputies and employees said.
Stanovich grabbed a gun from behind the counter and fired a single shot at Stokes. The manager then shot Rogers twice, in the neck and chest.
Rogers has not been charged in Wednesday's robbery. He was in critical condition Thursday night at Orlando Regional Medical Center. Rogers' criminal history includes charges of grand theft, cocaine possession, and a lewd and lascivious act on a child.
Stanovich, recovering Thursday at his Altamonte Springs apartment from injuries to his head, did not want to be interviewed.
Since 1994, Stanovich has shot suspects during two other robberies. In October 1994, he shot a robber in the chest with a .38-caliber gun. That suspect lived.
After that shooting, a shaken Stanovich said, "I never want to go through that again."
The restaurant manager began keeping a gun behind the counter after numerous robberies, employees said.
Before Wednesday, the most recent shooting at the business occurred early last year, when Stanovich shot a robber in the chest after he barged into the restaurant wearing a ski mask, pulled two employees to the floor and demanded money from the cash register. He also survived and was charged in the robbery.
"It's odd that we keep getting robbed because we never keep cash in the register,'' said a 20-year-old employee who did not want her name published.
Sheriff's officials said the shooting appeared to be justified, and a full investigation is pending.
Posted Jul 13 2000 10:50PM