{"id":291839,"date":"2026-06-01T15:12:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291839\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T15:12:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T15:12:32","slug":"man-arrested-after-attempted-armed-kidnapping-at-port-st-lucie-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/291839\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after attempted armed kidnapping at Port St. Lucie church"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 A North Miami man was arrested Sunday evening after allegedly attempting to kidnap a 74-year-old woman in a Port St. Lucie church parking lot. <\/p>\n

Jose Tsu Zamora, 64, faces multiple felony charges following the incident at First United Methodist Church on SW Prima Vista Boulevard Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The attempted kidnapping unfolded around 10:49 a.m. in the church parking lot, according to the Port St. Lucie Police Department.<\/p>\n

Zamora, who previously had a romantic relationship with the victim, approached the 74-year-old woman despite an active injunction prohibiting any contact with her.<\/p>\n

Police say Zamora, while armed with a handgun, grabbed the victim by her arms and attempted to force her into his vehicle against her will.<\/p>\n

Several witnesses saw the incident and immediately intervened. Two Good Samaritans confronted Zamora and ordered him to release the victim.<\/p>\n

During the confrontation, Zamora displayed his firearm before retreating to his vehicle and fleeing the scene, police said.<\/p>\n

Church surveillance footage captured portions of the encounter and corroborated witness statements, showing Zamora pursuing the victim through the parking lot and physically restraining her.<\/p>\n

Zamora was located and arrested without incident Sunday evening at a residence in Hialeah by Port St. Lucie Police and U.S. Marshals.<\/p>\n

\"Jose<\/p>\n

PSLPD<\/p>\n

The investigation revealed Zamora is a convicted felon who is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.<\/p>\n

Zamora faces five felony charges including attempted kidnapping with a firearm, aggravated assault and battery of a person over 65. He’s being held at St. Lucie County Jail on $745,000 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. \u2014 A North Miami man was arrested Sunday evening after allegedly attempting to kidnap…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2302,58797,6008,171,173,172],"class_list":["post-291839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-church","tag-first-united-methodist-church","tag-kidnapping","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}