- A mother wrestled her own daughter from the arms of a would-be kidnapper inside a Citrus County Dollar General Store Tuesday morning, moments before an off-duty deputy arrested the fleeing suspect at gunpoint. 
 
 It all started just before noon at the Dollar General in Hernando. Deputies said a man -- whom they later identified as Craig Bonello -- tried to snatch a 13-year-old girl who was shopping with her mother. 
 
 Surveillance video released to deputies by the store shows he tried to run towards the exit with the girl in his arms, but the teen's mother caught up and a "tug of war" ensued. 
 
 Bonello, 30, finally let go of the girl and ran out the front door just as an off-duty deputy was getting out of his patrol car to enter the store. The store manager yelled to Deputy Jonathan Behnen, who pulled his car around to block Bonello in the parking lot. 
 
 Deputy Behnen pulled out his service weapon and ordered Bonello from his car. Bonello hesitated, but complied and was taken into custody. 
 
 "In my 10 years on the road I have never seen anything like this," Sgt. Craig Callahan said at the scene. "He truly intended to abduct this child right in front of everyone in the store." 
 
 The sheriff's office said deputies have arrested Bonello several times before, most recently in February for trespassing. His other charges were misdemeanors, except for an aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer back in 2009. He is not a registered sex offender. 
 
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 He now faces charges of kidnapping and child abuse. 
 
 "We are very fortunate our deputy was there as quickly as he was. We are very fortunate that the mother had that motherly instinct and did what she did." Sgt. Callahan said. "She may have saved her daughter's life today. I don't exactly know a motive, but I know it wasn't a good one." 
 
 Deputies said the mother and her daughter were uninjured, although both very rattled. The victim is being offered counseling services. 
 
 "Behnen is a bona fide hero today," said Capt. Ricky Grant, who was also on scene. "If it weren't for him, this guy would have gotten away." ||||| HERNANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — A store clerk, a mother, and a quick-thinking deputy are being credited with saving a girl from a potential abduction in Citrus County. 
 
 Deputies responded to the Dollar General at 2560 N Trucks Ave. at 11: 42 a.m. on Tuesday after receiving a 911 call about something happening inside the store. 
 
 The initial call indicated the caller heard screaming, but dispatchers then learned that an attempted child abduction was in process. 
 
 Investigators say the suspect, Craig Bonello, age 30, entered the store and at some point grabbed a 13-year-old girl who was shopping with her mother. As he ran toward the exit of the store with the girl in his arms, the mother was able to catch up to him and grab her daughter. 
 
 Screaming could be heard throughout the store as the suspect and the mother got into a tug-of-war over the girl. 
 
 Bonello finally let go of the girl and ran out the front door of the Dollar General. Off-duty Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jonathan Behnen happened to be getting out of his patrol car to enter the store. 
 
 Behnen had been to court earlier in the morning and had stopped at the store to grab supplies when he encountered the running suspect. 
 
 The store manager, who is known to Dep. Behnen, then yelled to him that the man running away had just tried to kidnap a child. Behnen pulled his patrol car in front of the suspect’s vehicle as he tried to leave the parking lot. He ordered the man out of the car with his weapon in hand. After initially not complying, the man was taken into custody. 
 
 “In my 10 years on the road I have never seen anything like this,” Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Craig Callahan said from the scene. “He truly intended to abduct this child right in front of everyone in the store.” 
 
 “It actually was violent enough to tear the girl’s shirt up pretty badly that she was wearing,” Sgt. Callahan added. “We’re very fortunate that the mother had the motherly instinct and did what she did. She may have saved her daughter’s life.” 
 
 The mother and her daughter, although both very rattled, are uninjured. 
 
 “Behnen is a bona fide hero today,” said said Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Ricky Grant, who was also on scene. “If it weren’t for him, this guy would have gotten away.” 
 
 “This was a chaotic scene with a lot at stake,” said Commander Buddy Grant. 
 
 “Thank goodness the girl’s mother jumped into action to prevent this man from kidnapping her daughter. And, thank goodness Dep. Behnen used his training and experience to stop this man from escaping,” said Grant. 
 
 Because charges are forthcoming for the suspect, the sheriff’s office said it is not releasing the names of those involved at this time. 
 
 The intentions of Bonello as of yet are not known. Detectives will be investigating the incident thoroughly and will be charging Bonello in the near future. Bonello is not listed as a sexual offender or predator. He lives in Inverness. 
 
 Deputies responded to the Dollar General at 2560 N Trucks Ave. at 11: 42 a.m. on Tuesday after receiving a 911 call about something happening inside the store. 
 
 The initial call indicated the caller heard screaming, but dispatchers then learned that an attempted child abduction was in process. 
 
 Investigators say the suspect, Craig Bonello, age 30, entered the store and at some point grabbed a 13-year-old girl who was shopping with her mother. As he ran toward the exit of the store with the girl in his arms, the mother was able to catch up to him and grab her daughter. 
 
 Screaming could be heard throughout the store as the suspect and the mother got into a tug-of-war over the girl. 
 
 Bonello finally let go of the girl and ran out the front door of the Dollar General. Off-duty Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputy Jonathan Behnen happened to be getting out of his patrol car to enter the store. 
 
 Behnen had been to court earlier in the morning and had stopped at the store to grab supplies when he encountered the running suspect. 
 
 The store manager, who is known to Dep. Behnen, then yelled to him that the man running away had just tried to kidnap a child. Behnen pulled his patrol car in front of the suspect’s vehicle as he tried to leave the parking lot. He ordered the man out of the car with his weapon in hand. After initially not complying, the man was taken into custody. 
 
 “In my ten years on the road I have never seen anything like this,” said Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Craig Callahan from the scene. “He truly intended to abduct this child right in front of everyone in the store.” 
 
 The mother and her daughter, although both very rattled, are uninjured. 
 
 “Behnen is a bona fide hero today,” said said Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Ricky Grant, who was also on scene. “If it weren’t for him, this guy would have gotten away.” 
 
 “This was a chaotic scene with a lot at stake,” said Commander Buddy Grant. 
 
 “Thank goodness the girl’s mother jumped into action to prevent this man from kidnapping her daughter. And, thank goodness Dep. Behnen used his training and experience to stop this man from escaping,” said Grant. 
 
 Because charges are forthcoming for the suspect, the sheriff’s office said it is not releasing the names of those involved at this time. 
 
 The intentions of Bonello as of yet are not known. Detectives will be investigating the incident thoroughly and will be charging Bonello in the near future. Bonello is not listed as a sexual offender or predator. He lives in Inverness. 
 
 The incident has parents and Dollar General customers rethinking their safety. 
 
 “They’re a little older now, so I let ’em do more. And I don’t even know if I can do that. I mean, it’s scary,” mom Ashley Harper told News Channel 8. Harper, who is not the victim’s mother, had two of her three kids with her when she talked to 8 On Your Side. 
 
 Nobody answered at Bonello’s residence Tuesday. 
 
 A neighbor said the suspect is known for leaving trash bags at the curb. 
 
 “He didn’t want to be seen by anybody. When he came out put the garbage, I think he peaked around, is anybody out?” James Mussleman said. 
 
 WHAT OTHERS ARE CLICKING ON ||||| A Florida mother is being praised after she thwarted a kidnapping suspect who allegedly grabbed the woman’s 13-year-old daughter and tried to run out of a store Tuesday, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said. 
 
 The sheriff’s office was called about the attempted abduction at a Dollar General store in Hernando at 11:42 a.m., but an off-duty sheriff’s deputy was outside the business and arrested Craig Bonello as he tried to flee in a vehicle, the sheriff’s office said. 
 
 Bonello, 30, of Hernando, allegedly grabbed the teen and tried to drag her out of the store, but the girl’s mother caught up to him and freed her after a "tug of war," the sheriff’s office said in a statement. 
 
 The incident was caught on a shocking video that was posted to the sheriff's office's Facebook page. 
 
 "In my 10 years on the road I have never seen anything like this," Sgt. Craig Callahan said in a statement from the sheriff’s office. "He truly intended to abduct this child right in front of everyone in the store." 
 
 The off-duty deputy, Jonathan Behnen, was stopping by a Dollar General store after spending the morning in court, and the store manager yelled that the fleeing man had tried to abduct a child, the sheriff’s office said. 
 
 Behnen used his patrol car to block Bonello’s vehicle and arrested him, according to the sheriff’s office. 
 
 Detectives are still investigating why Bonello allegedly grabbed the girl, the sheriff’s office said. No one was hurt in the incident, the sheriff’s office said. 
 
 Abduction suspect Craig Bonello, 30, is seen in this booking photo from an unrelated arrest from February. 
 
 Bonello will be charged with one count each of kidnapping and child abuse, the sheriff's office said. 
 
 Bonello was most recently arrested for trespassing at an Inverness Walmart store in February, according to sheriff’s office records, and he has several other arrests for misdemeanors since 2009, according to court records. None of the other cases involve abduction, according to court records. 
 
 An attorney for Bonello in Tuesday’s arrest was not listed, and a message left at his listed address was not immediately returned. 
 
 Tony Bonello, the suspect's uncle, said his nephew has had some problems over the years and needs help. 
 
 "It’s just sad that this has happened, because this is not the kid that grew up with my kids,” Tony Bonello, who lives in Vermont, said in a phone interview. "He needs to talk to some psychiatrists and find out what the issue is," Tony Bonello said. 
 
 In the February trespassing case, an expert for a competency evaluation was appointed but a hearing has not yet been scheduled, according to court records. An attorney listed as representing Bonello in the trespassing case did not immediately return an email Tuesday evening. 
 
 Deputy Jonathan Behnen Citrus County Sheriff 
 
 "Thank goodness the girl's mother jumped into action to prevent this man from kidnapping her daughter,” sheriff’s office Commander Buddy Grant said in the statement. “And thank goodness Dep. Behnen used his training and experience to stop this man from escaping." 
 
 Hernando is a community of around 9,000 people about 30 miles southwest of Ocala.
– Police in Florida are praising a woman whose "motherly instinct … may have saved her daughter's life." Surveillance video from a Dollar General store in Hernando on Tuesday shows a man police are identifying as 30-year-old Craig Bonello pushing a cart full of items. He then wanders into an aisle and grabs a 13-year-old girl who was shopping with her mother, dragging the teen by the arm along the floor toward the exit. The girl's mother catches up and eventually succeeds in freeing her daughter after a "tug of war," per NBC News. Police say Bonello then ran outside, followed by the store manager, who yelled that he had tried to abduct a child. That alerted off-duty sheriff's deputy Jonathan Behnen, who was about to enter the store and used his patrol car to block Bonello's vehicle as he tried to escape, the sheriff's office says. Bonello was arrested and charged with kidnapping and child abuse. The teen was uninjured, though the attack "was violent enough to tear the girl's shirt up pretty badly," Sgt. Craig Callahan tells WFLA. "Thank goodness the girl's mother jumped into action to prevent this man from kidnapping her daughter," an officer adds. "And thank goodness Dep. Behnen used his training and experience to stop this man from escaping." Officers still aren't clear on a motive, but "I know it wasn't a good one," Callahan says, per Fox 13. "In my 10 years on the road I have never seen anything like this. He truly intended to abduct this child right in front of everyone in the store." Court records show Bonello has been arrested several times since 2009, including for trespassing at a Walmart in February, but that case didn't involve an abduction.