Delivery Drivers Scared

Chinese restaurant delivery drivers are working scared in Mercer County after a string of robberies.

Three of the robberies were reported to police in recent months, but investigators think additional holdups have occurred and went unreported because of language barriers.

Authorities said they are hunting for suspects and urging anyone who delivers food in this area to be especially careful.

Litin Su's restaurant is among those in the area that have had their drivers robbed in recent months while making what they thought were legitimate deliveries to addresses in Trenton. Authorities said the attackers did not live at the addresses.

The latest incident reported to police occurred on Saturday night on Monmouth Street. Investigators said two men robbed a Chinese delivery driver of about $200, a cellular phone and food.

Two robberies also happened on Rossell Avenue, police said.

Police are urging drivers to avoid areas where they typically don't make deliveries, to go in pairs rather than alone, to carry less money and to report all robberies.

The driver who worked for Litin Su quit a couple days after he was held up. "He don't work no more," Su said.

Police said they have arrested a man they said was involved in the armed carjacking of a Chinese food delivery driver on March 12 in Trenton. However, investigators said they were not sure if that incident was connected to the others.

There have been minor injuries during the robberies, but none of the drivers has been seriously hurt.

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