Police Looking for a Woman Kidnapped in Broad Daylight in Port Richmond

Police are looking for a man that kidnapped a woman on Aramingo Avenue at approximately 6:42 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18.

Police say they are looking for a white man, about 6 feet tall, who was wearing ripped blue jeans, a brown plaid smock shirt and a green beanie style hat.

The missing woman is white, in her late 20s to early 30s, and was wearing a light-colored jacket, dark shirt, black jeans with a white design on the left leg and carrying a black bag, police said.

Investigators say they have not identified the missing woman.

On Saturday morning, the man followed the woman going eastbound on Cumberland Street toward Aramingo Avenue, police said.

The man was driving a maroon and black colored Polaris Northstar XP 1000 two-seat style golf cart when he pulled into a location on the 2500 block of Aramingo Avenue, opened the driver's door and discharged a gun that struck the asphalt of the WSFS bank parking lot, according to police.

The abductor then traveled across Aramingo Avenue where a witness told police he pulled up on the curb around Wawa and Applebee’s, exited the golf cart, pulled out a gun, pointed it at the woman and then grabbed her, shoving her into the front passenger side of the vehicle, police said.

Surveillance video shows a guy in a vehicle chasing down a woman who was running across Aramingo Avenue.

Police said the man was last seen fleeing in the golf cart from Aramingo Avenue going westbound on Cumberland Street.

“The brazenness of it. To do it in public like this, in an area that’s busy, and not care,” Tito Belpre of Port Richmond said when asked about the incident. “100% a concern. And you can see all the cars that were driving by. Is it normal? No one stopped to help? It’s scary to think that this could happen.”

Amanda Schmincke who lives in the area carries pepper spray. “I haven’t used it—I mean I haven’t had to yet—but just in case," she said.

Anyone with any information is asked to please contact the Special Victims Unit at 215-685-3251/66/64 or 911.