Video: Mom stops alleged kidnapper from taking daughter

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Mom stops alleged kidnapper from taking daughter
Joe Torres has the latest details.

CITRUS COUNTY, FLA. -- Police in Florida say a surveillance video shows a man trying to abduct a 13-year-old girl, who was shopping with her mother.



It happened just before noon Tuesday at a Dollar General in Citrus County.



The man stopped his cart, walked over and grabbed the girl.



Her mother desperately fought off the man.



An off-duty officer saw the man run from the store, and chased him down and arrested him.



Police say the would-be kidnapper, 30-year-old Craig Bonello, has been arrested multiple times.


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