'Please Call Police,' Grubhub SOS Credited With Saving Woman

YONKERS, NY — A terrified woman used the only tool at her disposal in a desperate cry for help, and her cries were answered by the staff at a go-to Yonkers breakfast spot, reports said.

The Yonkers cafe helped save the woman, who was being held hostage after she wrote "Please call police" on a Grubhub order, according to media reports and the owner of the Chipper Truck Cafe on McLean Avenue.

The popular 24-hour restaurant received the unusual plea for help early Sunday morning, owner Alice Bermejo told Inside Edition. The online SOS came in the form of a note in the "additional instructions" section of a Grubhub order.

"Please call the police," said the message in Grubhub, attached to what seemed like a typical breakfast order. "His going to call me when u delivered come with the cones please don't make it obvious."

Bermejo told reporters that the message didn't seem like a prank but rather one written in a hurry by someone in distress.

"People normally put notes like, 'Can you leave it in my driveway? Can I have extra syrup in my order? Can I have an extra soda?' But never something like this," worker Alicia Berme told CBS2 NY's Jessica Moore.

Not taking any chances, the cafe called 911 and police were sent to the address rather than the breakfast order.

Quick thinking on everyone's part led to the arrest of 32-year-old Kemoy Royal in the Bronx, on multiple charges including rape, unlawful imprisonment and assault, the New York Police Department told Inside Edition.

"Thankfully, the girls paid attention," Bermejo told CBS News. "We always watch the notes because we don't want to make mistakes on customers' orders."