A Florida man was charged with kidnapping/false imprisonment last week after forcing a 17-year-old girl to drive him and another woman through a Covid-19 checkpoint, police say. The Florida Keys have been closed to visitors since the coronavirus outbreak.
A Florida man was charged with kidnapping/false imprisonment last week after forcing a 17-year old girl to drive him and another woman through a Covid-19 checkpoint, police said.
"I am relieved this suspect is currently sitting in jail and the young victim in this case was not seriously hurt," Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay said in a statement.Authorities allege the incident started on the morning of May 21, when 37-year-old Alexander Michael Sardinas of Tavernier and a 43-year-old Islamorada woman attempted to enter the Florida Keys in a rideshare taxi without identification. The Florida Keys have been closed to visitors since the coronavirus outbreak.
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