Suspect in Aver's Pizza robbery turns himself in to police

An IU student turned himself in to the Monqroe County Sheriff's Department early Thursday morning in reference to an arrest warrant issued that alleged he assaulted an Aver's Pizza delivery person.\nRobert Matthew Clark, 23 of E. 10th Street, now faces preliminary charges of battery, a class C felony.\nThe incident in question occurred Nov. 2 when IU Police Department officers responded to the south parking lot of the Herman B Wells Library at 10th Street and Jordan Avenue. There, officers found a 25-year-old IU student with a broken right leg.\nThe student told police he had been delivering Aver's pizza to the library. When he returned to his vehicle he found one subject sitting in the driver's seat and two other men standing beside his car.\nOne of the men punched the pizza deliverer on the side of his jaw, knocking him backward.\nAs he fell, he landed on his right ankle, which twisted, resulting in the breaking of both bones in his lower right leg, according to IUPD reports.\nIUPD Detective Richard Seifers circulated composite images of the suspects, leading several witness and one of the subjects involved to contact Seifers. A felony warrant was issued for Clark, who is accused of injuring the pizza deliverer, IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger said in a news release.\nClark turned himself in to Monroe County officials upon learning of the warrant, Minger said.\nMiller underwent surgery at Bloomington Hospital after the attack. A rod and seven screws were used to repair the injury.