Pompano Man Accused Of Kidnapping Woman, Making Her Eithdraw Money

Broward Sheriff's officers say a Pompano Beach man forced a woman to ride with him at gunpoint in her car as he drove to an ATM and made her withdraw all the money in her bank account.

Julio Acevedo Jr. was arrested Saturday on armed robbery and kidnapping charges.

An arrest affidavit says Wenddy Morales was walking into her place of work when a man, later identified as Acevedo, displayed a gun and ordered her to get back into her car.

Morales said Acevedo made her slide into the passenger's seat so that he could drive, ordering her to hand him her belongings.

Morales said she gave him her car keys and iPhone before he drove her to a nearby Wells Fargo bank branch. Once they got to the bank, Acevedo forced her to withdraw all the money -- $200 total, she said.

She said that after she handed him the cash, Acevedo drove her back to where she worked and gave her instructions.

"This is what you're going to do," he told her, according to the report. "You're going to drive yourself to the Isle Casino (behind her job) and stay there for five minutes. Somebody will follow you and call me when you're there. You will then drive yourself back here. I will then take your phone and place it under your car."

"I know where you live, I know your child and I will kill your family," Acevedo told her, according to the report.

Morales complied, drove back to her job and told her manager, who called 911.

Morales later identified Acevedo from a photo lineup of possible suspects. 

Acevedo also faces multiple counts of probation violation. He was being held without bond in the main Broward County jail.


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