Florida Highway Patrol is searching for a suspect who kidnapped and beat a woman and then ditched the vehicle at the Hard Rock Casino in Tampa.
According to Florida Highway Patrol, just after 2:00 PM on Tuesday, the Florida Highway Patrol received calls from a witness who saw a man and woman having an altercation while traveling westbound on I-4 in a Kia sedan from Polk County into Hillsborough County.
The witness told troopers that the female was yelling for help and trying to exit the vehicle.
Troopers spotted the sedan on I-4 near the 20 Milepost, and the vehicle fled from an attempted traffic stop.
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The driver exited the interstate several times, reversing course, and at one point traveled westbound in the eastbound lanes briefly.
Reversing course for a final time, the sedan exited onto US-92 where Troopers lost sight of the vehicle.
Troopers soon located the female victim, a 27-year-old Orlando woman, at a gas station located at US-92 and Orient Road with minor, non-life-threatening injuries.
The injuries were a result of the victim being battered by the suspect, troopers say.
The victim said that she and the suspect driving her vehicle had come from Orlando when a financial dispute ensued, which led to the altercation.
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The victim’s vehicle was later located at the Hard Rock Casino abandoned with Troopers soon learning the suspect, nicknamed “Cash” and identified as an African-American male, had been picked up by another driver and transported to an unknown location.
Anyone with information regarding the suspect’s identity and location is asked to call *FHP (*347) or Crime Stoppers at **TIPS.
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