Montgomery County police believe the same man is responsible for a series of robberies and kidnappings that have targeted older men in Wheaton-area parking lots.

The most recent of the three incidents happened at about 1:50 p.m. Sunday, when a man wielding a box cutter accosted a 77-year-old man in the parking lot of the Target at the Westfield Wheaton mall, located at 11160 Veirs Mill Road, police said.