A Florida mom was in the Dollar General store with her 13-year-old daughter yesterday, when a kidnapper tried to abduct her child.
The dramatic footage captured from the Dollar General shows a 30-year-old man named Craig Bonello grabbing the teen, right in front of her mother’s face and trying to drag her out of the store. The mom is shown fighting back, and engaging in a tug of war with the kidnapper, trying desperately to save her daughter.
“In my ten years on the road I have never seen anything like this,” said Sgt. Craig Callahan from the scene. “He truly intended to abduct this child right in front of everyone in the store.”
Luckily, an off-duty sheriff’s deputy, Dep. Behnen, was outside the business and was able to arrest Bonello as he tried to flee in a vehicle.“This was a chaotic scene with a lot at stake,” said Commander of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, Buddy Grant.
“Thank goodness the girl’s mother jumped into action to prevent this man from kidnapping her daughter. And, thank goodness Dep. Behnen used his training and experience to stop this man from escaping. This is obviously someone who needs to be behind bars. He won’t be getting out anytime soon to do this again,” Grant continued.
“Behnen is a bona fide hero today,” said Captian Ricky Grant, who was also on scene. “If it weren’t for him, this guy would have gotten away.” “This certainly supports the reason why we let deputies take their vehicles home,” Grant continued.
Detectives are still investigating why this man grabbed the girl, and he will be charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of child abuse, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office.
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