UPS Driver Credited With Action That Saved Woman, Child

UPS Driver Credited With Action That Saved Woman, Child
A pedestrian walks by a United Parcel Service (UPS) truck in San Francisco, CA., on June 17, 2014. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The Associated Press
2/9/2017
Updated:
2/9/2017

UNION, Mo.—A UPS driver is being called a hero for contacting police after seeing “Contact 911” scrawled on the outside of a packed he picked up in eastern Missouri.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Franklin County Sheriff Steve Pelton presented Kenneth “Robbie” Belew with a “Hometown Hero” award on Wednesday, crediting the driver with saving the life of a domestic violence victim and a child.

Belew contacted the sheriff’s department on the morning of Dec. 6 after seeing the note on a package he had picked up in the Robertsville area. Officers arrested 33-year-old James Jordan, who was charged with domestic assault, sodomy and other crimes.

Police say Jordan locked a 3-year-old child in a room for several hours while assaulting a woman in the home.