Police Search For Driver In St. Pete Attempted Abduction

ST. PETERSBURG, FL - Police want to speak to the driver of an orange Hyundai Veloster in connection to last week's attempted abduction on Coffee Pot Boulevard. Police released a surveillance video of the car taken from 5th Avenue NE and Beach Drive. The video shows the vehicle circling about the time of the attempted abduction, police said.

A man attempted to kidnap a female jogger Wednesday morning in the 2100 block of Coffee Pot Boulevard N.E., according to police. At 5:50 a.m., a 23-year-old woman was jogging south on the sidewalk of Coffee Pot Boulevard N.E. when a man in a car approached her. After asking for directions, he pulled out a handgun and told her to get in the car.

The victim was able to run away and was not harmed. Police have a limited description of the suspect: a black man with dreadlocks wearing a black T-shirt. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 893-7780 or text SPPD plus your tip to TIP411.

Image via Shutterstock; video via St. Petersburg police