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Florida Man Charged with Kidnapping After Store Robbery Escalates Into Abduction Attempt

This case underlines how surveillance evidence alongside interagency coordination led to multiple charges against Theodore Tundidor.

The man grabbed the woman inside a store in St. Augustine, Florida, and forced her outside to a stolen truck, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office says.
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Overview

  • Theodore Michael Tundidor, 31, is jailed on kidnapping, robbery, grand theft auto, DUI and fleeing charges after allegedly robbing a St. Augustine store and trying to abduct an employee on June 29.
  • Surveillance footage released by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office shows Tundidor dragging the woman toward his gray pickup before she screamed and fought free.
  • A bystander’s 911 call and intervention forced the suspect to abandon his kidnapping attempt and flee in a vehicle reported stolen earlier in Jacksonville.
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife officers spotted the pickup driving recklessly on Route A1A near Marineland, pursued the truck and arrested Tundidor about 10 miles south of the crime scene.
  • The sheriff’s Women Against Violent Encounters program highlights the situational awareness and self-defense tactics that mirrored the victim’s response and helped thwart the abduction.