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Sarasota News Leader September 20, 2013 Page 86 BRADENTON MAN ARRESTED IN ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION CASE A 19-year-old Bradenton man was arrested on Sept. 15 in connection with the report of an attempted abduction about 6:20 a.m. that day, the Sarasota Police Department has reported. The male victim told officers the driver of a white Honda Civic saw him standing near the intersection of 17th Street and U.S. 41 in Sarasota and instructed him to get into the passenger side of the vehicle, according to the report. After the victim entered the car, the driver headed southbound on North Tamiami Trail and allegedly brandished a handgun that he had stowed in the back seat, the report adds. The victim told officers the driver pointed the gun at him and said, "We are going to do this the hard way or the easy way," according to the report. The victim told officers no agreement had been made for prostitution, but the driver "wanted to have sex with the victim," the report continues. After making a stop on the top floor of the Regions Bank parking garage at 1626 Ringling Blvd. in downtown Sarasota, the victim said the driver drove back to the area of 17th Street and North Tamiami Trail, where he dropped off the victim. Then the victim called 911 and provided a description of the vehicle, the suspect and the license tag number, the report says. A few minutes later, officers observed a vehicle matching that description, the report continues. It was headed southbound on U.S. 41; then, it turned east on Boulevard of the Arts. Dion Barnes/Contributed photo Ridge Road. Officers recovered a BB handgun from the vehicle, the report notes, and it looked like a real firearm, the report adds. The operator of the vehicle was Dion Barnes of 3422 29th St. East, Bradenton, according to the report. He told officers he originally thought the victim was a female and that they had agreed on a price for a certain sexual act, the report says. However, after they stopped at the bank parking garage, Barnes told officers he began to question the gender of the victim and an argument ensued over the fee to which they earlier had agreed, the report continues. When officers tried to stop the vehicle, it fled, the report adds. Officers pursued it and were able to stop the Honda at the intersection of Barnes was charged with Fleeing to Elude and University Parkway and North Lockwood Reckless Driving.