Hero: Concerned Motorist Aides Kidnapped Woman in Florida, Marcus Young Arrested

If you think you can’t make a difference in preventing crime, think again. All it takes is caring enough to get involved. A Florida motorist did just that and saved a Panama City kidnap victim from an uncertain and possibly tragic set of events. 54 year old Marcus Young was stopped and arrested after an observant motorists saw a woman bound with duck tape in his vehicle. One only knows what might have happened to this woman if this motorist did not take the time to get involved and report what they saw.

FHP troopers say 54-year-old Marcus Young apologized for kidnapping a woman friend from Ybor City. Young was stopped in his white Chevy Blazer on the on-ramp to I-275, after a motorist spotted the 35-year-old Panama City woman bound with duct tape in the back.

Trooper Larry Coggins, Florida Highway Patrol
“She was bound and gagged on her face and her hands, thrown in the vehicle, and threatened with violence if she tried to get help. ” (TampaBays 10)

What did a neighbor have to say about the 54 year old Marcus Young?

McColb says young was quiet and kept to himself except for nudist parties he threw in his back yard. Neighbors say young never stuck them as a violent man.