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
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":"The attempted kidnapping unfolded around 10:49 a.m. in the church parking lot, according to the Port St. Lucie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-291854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","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\/291854","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=291854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}