BROWARD COUNTY, FL - A man in his forties is accused of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl in the parking lot of a thrift store, forcing her into his car and refusing to let her leave.
The alleged suspect, 41-year-old Raymar Fraser, has been charged with kidnapping, interfering with the custody of a minor and battery. A probable cause affidavit reviewed by Law & Crime states that the girl told deputies with the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) that around 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 8 she was outside a thrift store waiting for it to open when a man she didn't know pulled up in his car.
She said the man, later identified as Fraser, began "flirting" with her and asked her age. The girl told Fraser she was 16, but that did not deter him from what he was going to do next. He allegedly asked if she wanted to have breakfast with him and if she had "ever been with an older man before," deputies wrote.
Authorities said Fraser gave the girl his phone number and allegedly "escorted her by her waist" to his car and told her to get inside. Fraser allegedly got into the passenger seat and pulled the "nervous and apprehensive" girl down on his lap "as an embrace." He asked to kiss her and she said no, deputies said, but he did so anyway.
Fraser got out of the passenger seat, closed the door with the victim inside and got into the driver's seat. The girl tried, but could not exit the car and Fraser allegedly told her not to open the door.
He then drove her to a nearby 7-Eleven. The girl's mother, tracking her on their Life360 app, saw her daughter's location moving and called to ask what was going on. The girl seemed to be under "extreme stress" and said she "could not talk," the affidavit said. After arriving at the 7-Eleven, the girl got out of the vehicle and tried to walk away, but Fraser allegedly "grabbed her by the wrist and once again now pushed her into the passenger seat."
Fraser allegedly forced a kiss on her again, deputies wrote. Her mother continued to call, and the victim answered and told her mom she was in the car with someone she didn't know.
The mother told her daughter to "get out of the vehicle immediately." The victim asked Fraser to stop the car and drop her off. He "became nervous and quickly stopped the vehicle." She got out and her mother picked her up before calling the police.
Deputies used the Life360 app to track the victim's movements and found some surveillance video near the thrift store that showed Fraser escorting the girl into his car. John Lundy, owner of the Wall2Wall Grillz jewelry store whose surveillance video captured the incident, said it was clear to him after watching the footage that the girl "did not know what was going on."
Deputies identified Fraser as the suspect and called him on the phone. Fraser allegedly uttered, "Is she OK?" and "It's not illegal to pick someone up." Fraser later admitted that he pursued the victim even after she told him her age, deputies wrote. He was arrested and taken to the Broward County Jail, where he remains without bond.
The alleged suspect, 41-year-old Raymar Fraser, has been charged with kidnapping, interfering with the custody of a minor and battery. A probable cause affidavit reviewed by Law & Crime states that the girl told deputies with the Broward County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) that around 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 8 she was outside a thrift store waiting for it to open when a man she didn't know pulled up in his car.
She said the man, later identified as Fraser, began "flirting" with her and asked her age. The girl told Fraser she was 16, but that did not deter him from what he was going to do next. He allegedly asked if she wanted to have breakfast with him and if she had "ever been with an older man before," deputies wrote.
Authorities said Fraser gave the girl his phone number and allegedly "escorted her by her waist" to his car and told her to get inside. Fraser allegedly got into the passenger seat and pulled the "nervous and apprehensive" girl down on his lap "as an embrace." He asked to kiss her and she said no, deputies said, but he did so anyway.
Fraser got out of the passenger seat, closed the door with the victim inside and got into the driver's seat. The girl tried, but could not exit the car and Fraser allegedly told her not to open the door.
He then drove her to a nearby 7-Eleven. The girl's mother, tracking her on their Life360 app, saw her daughter's location moving and called to ask what was going on. The girl seemed to be under "extreme stress" and said she "could not talk," the affidavit said. After arriving at the 7-Eleven, the girl got out of the vehicle and tried to walk away, but Fraser allegedly "grabbed her by the wrist and once again now pushed her into the passenger seat."
Fraser allegedly forced a kiss on her again, deputies wrote. Her mother continued to call, and the victim answered and told her mom she was in the car with someone she didn't know.
The mother told her daughter to "get out of the vehicle immediately." The victim asked Fraser to stop the car and drop her off. He "became nervous and quickly stopped the vehicle." She got out and her mother picked her up before calling the police.
Deputies used the Life360 app to track the victim's movements and found some surveillance video near the thrift store that showed Fraser escorting the girl into his car. John Lundy, owner of the Wall2Wall Grillz jewelry store whose surveillance video captured the incident, said it was clear to him after watching the footage that the girl "did not know what was going on."
Deputies identified Fraser as the suspect and called him on the phone. Fraser allegedly uttered, "Is she OK?" and "It's not illegal to pick someone up." Fraser later admitted that he pursued the victim even after she told him her age, deputies wrote. He was arrested and taken to the Broward County Jail, where he remains without bond.
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