Orlando police have arrested a man accused of armed robbery and attempted kidnapping of a woman outside a Walmart on Monday.
Police said the attack happened Monday afternoon in the parking lot of the Walmart near South Goldenrod Road and Market Place Drive.
Surveillance video, police said, captured the man, later identified as Juan Perez, pacing in the parking lot. He then allegedly threatened the woman with a knife and demanded her purse. He then attempted to shove her into the trunk of a car until someone nearby intervened – and Perez ran away.
“Once you start to unload those groceries and goods into the trunk of a car, you have a blind spot. The only thing you’re looking at is that trunk, and you’re concentrating on hurrying up, and getting it loaded up, and getting home. We’re all in a hurry, but take a moment and pause… to look at who may be standing near you. Have an exit plan,” said retired Orange County sheriff’s deputy Jamie Copenhaver.
Perez was located on Tuesday and arrested on charges of attempted kidnapping, armed robbery with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, battery, and destruction of evidence.
Police said Perez was on federal probation related to a previous kidnapping charge. Details on that federal case were not immediately known.
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