Teen Girl Nearly Kidnapped At Wal-Mart
POSTED: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
UPDATED: 5:34 pm EDT July 8,
2008
CLERMONT, Fla. -- A 17-year-old girl was grabbed by a man in an attempted kidnapping on the entrance ramp to a Clermont Wal-Mart, police said.
According to police, the teen was walking on the ramp Thursday night when a red pickup holding three men stopped next to her and one of them jumped out.
The man grabbed the teen girl's arm and tried to abduct her while also offering her money for sex, police said.
The teen managed to get away and contact authorities.
The three people in the pickup were described as Hispanic men. The driver had gray hair and one of the passengers was short with dark black hair. The man who grabbed her arm had bloodshot eyes.
No other details were released.
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