PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 A 64-year-old man was arrested on May 31 on attempted kidnapping charges when he allegedly tried to force a woman into a car against her will while armed with a handgun, according to Port St. Lucie Police reports.<\/p>\n
Jose Tsu Zamora of North Miami Beach approached a 74-year-old woman, with whom he had a romantic relationship at one time, outside the First United Methodist Church in the 2600 block of Southwest Prima Vista Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, on May 31 at about 10:49 a.m., according to police reports.<\/p>\n
Witnesses told police that Zamora tried to force her into a nearby car.<\/p>\n
Two Good Samaritans confronted Zamora and ordered him to release the woman, according to police reports.<\/p>\n
Witnesses then said that Zamora, who was seen with a gun, got into a car and drove away, according to police reports.<\/p>\n
Investigators learned that the victim had an active injunction for protection against Zamora.<\/p>\n
In reviewing surveillance video from the church, detectives saw Zamora chasing the victim through the parking lot, physically restraining her, and attempting to force her to a car, according to police reports.<\/p>\n
Detectives also confirmed Zamora is a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.<\/p>\n
Zamora was located and taken into custody without incident by Port St. Lucie Police and the US Marshals at the 8700 block of NW 186 Street, Hialeah later that day.<\/p>\n
He was charged with:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Attempted kidnapping while armed with a firearm;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Battery on a person 65 years of age or older;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon;<\/p>\n
\u2022 Aggravated stalking (violation of injunction);<\/p>\n
\u2022 Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n
Zamora is at the St. Lucie County Jail on a $745,000 bond, according to police reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis case highlights the outstanding work of our detectives and the courage of Port St. Lucie citizens who were willing to step in and help protect another person in a very dangerous situation,\u201d Port St. Lucie Police Chief Leo Niemczyk said in a statement. \u201cWe are grateful the victim was not seriously injured and that this individual is now in custody. PSLPD remains committed to protecting victims of domestic violence and holding offenders accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2013 A 64-year-old man was arrested on May 31 on attempted kidnapping charges when he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-292047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292047","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=292047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}