Cape Coral Police have arrested Curtis D. Cornelison, 29, of Cape Coral, as a suspect in an attempted kidnapping Wednesday on Surfside Boulevard.

A 911 caller to the Cape Coral Police Department advised that he was flagged down while driving by an upset Hispanic female. The female jumped into the Good Samaritan's car and asked him to follow a car. Seeing that she was visibly shaken and assuming something happened, the Samaritan assisted in catching up to the vehicle. The female took a cellphone camera photo of the car.

According to the victim, she was roller skating Wednesday around 11:30 a.m. and stopped under palm trees on Surfside Boulevard to drink water. Someone approached her from behind and grabbed her ponytail, pulling her backwards. She began resisting and yelling, while the person continued to pull her backwards towards a maroon four-door vehicle whose front passenger door was open.

The abductor hit her on the side of the head and tried to force her into his car.

She was afraid for her life and believed she was being kidnapped. She noticed that her assailant had exposed his genitals. With her roller skates on, she was able to pull away from her attacker and watched him run around to the driver's side.

The victim said the unknown man got into the driver's seat and sped away, northbound on Surfside Boulevard. She said she was not quick enough to get her cell phone out and take a picture of the car and license plate.

The victim was able to take a sufficiently clear photograph of the suspect car to identify it as a 4-door maroon Hyundai Elantra, registered to Cornelison.

Cape Coral Police arrested Cornelison on charges of attempted kidnapping.

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