Judge bans man from ordering pizza

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A man has been banned by a judge from ordering pizzas in Florida after he went on an 18-day spree of harassing local restaurants. According to court reports, 49-year-old Randy Riddle made hundreds of phone calls to all the pizza outlets in his area - and then direct delivery people to fake or vacant addresses, refuse to pay or merely tell the businesses "their pizza was gross". He also frequently called local police, the council and the state health department of Health about the quality of the pizzas.

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