Gainesville Police are looking for a suspect in a kidnapping and robbery dating back to December.
Investigators recently found Lorenzo Daniels Jr.'s fingerprints inside the victim's car. Daniels' last known address was 2810 NE 16th Drive, according to police.
GPD officers believe Daniels, Shammar Martin and another man abducted Dharmedra Patel on Dec. 2 shortly after 11 a.m. Two of the men drove Patel to 5720 SW 57th Ave., where the three suspects stole between $62,000 and $65,000 worth of bank deposits from the convenience stores Patel owns.
Martin was arrested on charges of robbery with a firearm and kidnapping, both first-degree felonies. He is being held at the Alachua County Jail with a $104,000 bond.
The three suspects first confronted Patel in the Walmart parking lot on Archer Road, according to police. While Patel was walking to his car, a green four-door Chevrolet stopped beside him. The men inside the car said they wanted to talk to him.
When Patel ignored them, one of the men got out of the Chevrolet and sat down in the back seat of Patel's car. The suspect showed Patel a revolver and told him to drive.
After Patel and the Chevrolet pulled into another parking lot, a second man from the Chevrolet came into Patel's car. The two suspects then forced him into the backseat and blindfolded him with a thermal shirt, according to police.
One of the two men drove Patel's car west on Archer Road, ending at 5720 SW 57th Ave. There, the suspects went through a yellow bag in Patel's car that held the bank deposits. One of the men threw Patel's car keys and cellphone into the woods before the three drove off in their Chevrolet, according to police.
Eventually, Patel found his cellphone in the forest and called the Alachua County Sheriff's Office to report the crime.
