‘Legs flailing out of the trunk’: Florida man wearing ankle monitor attempts kidnapping in Walmart parking lot, police say

Left: Juan Marcos Perez (Orange County Jail). Right: Perez before he allegedly tried to kidnap a woman in a Walmart parking lot in Orlando, Florida. (Orlando Police Department)

Police in Orlando, Florida, arrested a man wearing an ankle monitor who allegedly tried to kidnap a woman in a Walmart parking lot.

Officers with the Orlando Police Department responded around 4:30 p.m. Monday to a Walmart on South Goldenrod Road near Market Place Drive for an armed robbery and attempted kidnapping. Police say the suspect, 54-year-old Juan Marcos Perez, was pacing the parking lot before approaching the victim. Perez pulled out a knife and held it to the woman’s throat before forcing her into the trunk of her car, according to cops.

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According to a probable cause arrest affidavit obtained by local Fox affiliate WOFL, the victim tried to fight back.

“If you keep this up, I’ll slice your throat,” Perez allegedly told the victim.

Police said a bystander intervened and Perez ran away. The witness later told cops she saw the victim’s “legs flailing out of the trunk” and Perez trying to push her in, the affidavit reportedly said. The witness stopped her car and got out to see if the woman needed help. That’s when Perez reportedly ran off.