UNITED STATES—On August 18, there has been a reported of an increase in crimes involving DoorDash, Instacart, and other shopping-delivery drivers.
On August 13, Joseph Killins, 41, of Tampa, Florida, was convicted of kidnapping, sexual battery, and attempted first-degree murder of a 23-year-old female DoorDash driver who was assaulted while delivering pizza in 2023. Killins denied allegations against him. Killins was sentenced to life in prison on 4 of the 6 counts filed against him, including armed kidnapping, sexual battery with a deadly weapon, robbery with a firearm, and attempted first-degree murder. He was sentenced to an additional 15 years for two counts of robbery and a Felon in possession of a firearm.
On August 12, in Kansas City, Missouri, the mother of the DoorDash driver, Decorrian Partee, 28, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Popeyes and accused gunman Joseph H. Watson, 22. Partee was shot and killed while picking up an oorder. She was inside the restaurant when she was killed.
On August 11, a Jacksonville, North Carolina man, identified as Stanley Cornelius Shockley, 44. He was arrested 10-days after a road rage incident on August 1, at approximately 1:30 a.m. He was at a green light when a female DoorDash driver honked at him.
He let her pass and followed her to her delivery location. As she entered her car, Shockley hit her in the head with a baseball bat. She had multiple skull fractures and brain bleeds.
On August 6, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the arrest of Erick Oved Estrada, 37, of Calabasas for running a DoorDash for a drug operation that resulted in two fatalities from fentanyl overdoses. Estrada was ordered to serve 27 years in federal prison and pay $43,145 restitution.
On July 25, in Slidell, Louisiana, a 16-year-old girl was ordering DoorDash to be delivered to neighbors. She’d come up to the driver, take the delivery, and run away without paying. She was arrested the next day.
On July 17, in Russellville, Alabama, Erik Saul Roman-Martinez, 20, allegedly stabbed a DoorDash driver, saying that some of his order was missing. Roman-Martinez allegedly fatally shot the victim and turned a knife on police responding to the scene.
In November 2025, in Seattle, Washington, Nicholas Well and his wife were charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a DoorDash driver multiple times and stealing the victim’s SUV. Well, was kept on $750,000 bail for the brutal attack. Photographs depicted the victim with dozens of staples up and down the back of his neck.
Authorities ask anyone using delivery services and who drive for them to be aware of their surroundings, avoid late-night deliveries, and if someone gets agitated, leave immediately and contact the police.
