<br/><small/></div> <p><b>UPDATE, 4:06 p.m.:</b> Montgomery County police have released surveillance video of the suspect from the Target kidnapping. See the video <a href=”http://youtu.be/Jt9zFm2EMds”>on YouTube here</a> or at the bottom of this post.</p> <p><b>ORIGINAL POST:</b> A man was accosted in a Target parking lot on Sunday, the third time this past week an older man has been robbed and kidnapped by a suspect armed with a box cutter in Wheaton.</p> <p>Police believe the same man is responsible for <a href=”http://bit.ly/wheatonkidnap”>all three kidnappings</a>.</p> <p>The most recent incident happened at about 1:50 p.m. Sunday, when a man wielding a box cutter approached a 77-year-old man in the parking lot of the Target at the Westfield Wheaton mall, located at 11160 Veirs Mill Road, according to Montgomery County police.</p> <table style=”float: right; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: aliceblue; padding: 5px 0pt; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0pt; width: 290px; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 12px; border: 1px solid #efe1ab; box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #cccccc;” border=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ cellpadding=”0″><tbody><tr style=”font-size:14px;line-height:15px;color:darkred;”><td><strong>Examiner Coverage</strong></td></tr><tr style=”font-size:12px;”><td> <li><a href=”/local/crime”>More coverage of Washington-area crime</a></li></td> </tr></tbody></table><p>The suspect ordered the man to get into his vehicle, police said. Investigators believe the suspect drove the victim to other locations to make him withdraw cash — which is what happened in the other kidnappings, which were reported on Wednesday and Saturday.</p> <p>Capt. Paul Starks of the Montgomery County police said Monday that detectives were still trying to determine what exactly happened to Sunday’s victim.</p> <p>The man was cut with the box cutter and beaten in the head and face, police said. He was treated for serious injuries that were not life-threatening.</p> <p>The victim was eventually dropped off on the 3500 block of East-West Highway, near the Mall at Prince George’s. A passerby noticed the victim and called police at about 3:15 p.m.</p> <p>The first two incidents both occurred near the Giant grocery store located at 2900 University Blvd. Those victims, a 75-year-old man and a 60-year-old man, were not injured.</p> <p>The suspect is described as a black man who is between 35 and 45 years old, 5 feet 11 inches to 6 feet tall and 175 to 180 pounds.</p> <p>Anyone who has information can call police at 240-773-5100 or Crime Solvers at 866-411-TIPS (8477) or 240-773-8477.</p> <iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jt9zFm2EMds” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=””/>
