Report: Papa John's Driver Tries to Run Down Pedestrian in Inman Square

The pizza parlor employee then accused police officers of being racist, according to a police report.

An employee of Papa John's Pizza, driving a car with a Papa John's sign on it, tried to run down a pedestrian outside Parlor Sports Bar in Inman Square, according to allegations in a police report. The victim told police he had parked on Beacon Street across from Parlor Sports and was crossing the street in the crosswalk when Junior Dornevil, 23, of 246 Middlesex Ave., Medford, stopped his green Honda Civic, got out, chest bumped, pushed and spat on the victim, according to the report. Dornevil then got back into his Civic and "gunned the car" toward the victim, only to be stopped by the curb, the report says. A witnesses in the bar came out to help the victim, and Dornevil left the area, according to the report. Police responded to the …

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