Man posing as Uber driver arrested in abduction attempt of TCC student

A 35-year-old man posing as an Uber driver was arrested Monday after the Aug. 30 attempted abduction of a 19-year-old Tallahassee Community College student.

Antonio D. Warren was arrested by the Florida State University Police Department after they say he picked up the woman outside of a university dorm Gilchrist Hall Sunday morning around 1 a.m and then attempted to kidnap her.

Warren is charged with kidnapping with intent to commit a felony, a first-degree felony. He is being held at the Leon County Jail on $15,000 bond.

FSUPD Chief David Perry gave details of the incident and subsequent arrest at a press conference on campus Tuesday morning.

According to Perry, the woman was waiting outside the residence hall when Warren pulled up in a sedan and indicated he was a driver for the ride sharing service Uber. She asked to be taken to Player's Club Apartments at 222 Ocala Road.

Investigators later determined Warren was not a Uber driver and had no affiliation with the company.

She entered the car but noticed as it wove through Tallahassee that the driver was taking the wrong route to her stated destination.

Court records say Warren stopped at another apartment complex and a gas station before exposing himself to the passenger and demanding sexual favors.

The woman refused and got out of the car at the apartment complex before Warren gave chase and grabbed her arm and buttocks.

The woman was able to pick Warren out of a photo lineup, naming him as her assailant. During a voluntary interview with investigators, he made statements that corroborated the woman's account of the incident and he was arrested.

Sunday's incident has not been connected to a string of attempted abductions in Tallahassee over the past few months, Perry said.