Bonello
appeared to be pushing a shopping cart loaded with goods when he circled
around an aisle (inset top left) and suddenly grabbed the teenager
(inset top right), whose name is being withheld. The Citrus County
Sheriff's Office credited the girl's heroic mother, who followed
Bonello and desperately tried to snatch her daughter in a 'tug of war'
(inset bottom left and right), NBC reported. According to WFAA , the
mother eventually lay on top of the teen to prevent Bonello from
dragging her out the store. 'In my 10 years on the road I have never
seen anything like this. He truly intended to abduct this child right in
front of everyone in the store,' Sergeant Craig Callahan said in a statement.The
manager yelled as Bonello tried to flee, and off-duty deputy Jonathan
Behnen happened to be walking into the store after spending the morning
in court. Behnen blocked the 30-year-old's car as he tried to drive off
and eventually arrested him. Bonello will be charged with kidnapping and
child abuse.
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