After giving the man a pistol whip, the high school students bound him, took his money, and pushed him into the backseat of his vehicle.
Before his wife called the car’s OnStar, the suspects allegedly drove around for the next two hours while the kidnapped victim was handcuffed in the backseat.
Sheriff Jerry Demings said, “The OnStar agent called the car and heard someone yelling for assistance.”
In a desperate attempt to escape punishment for their actions, the teenagers must have become frightened and made the decision to flee.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said that the suspects swiftly left the stolen SUV at an abandoned drug store and took off on foot. It was too late, though.
They would soon learn that Armando Alaniz, a federal agent with the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, was the guy they had abducted.
