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Robert Cardinale
Beaumont police say a woman and two children were the victims of an attempted kidnapping at Parkdale Mall by a 65-year-old stranger wielding a knife.
At about 9:49 a.m. on Sunday, June 12, BPD responded to Parkdale Mall in reference to a weapons offense, according to a report released June 15. A witness called police stating that a man, later identified as Robert Cardinale, was threatening a woman and her two children with a knife and forcing them to leave the mall with him.
BPD officers arrived on scene within two minutes of the call and located the suspect and the victims in the parking lot, where they took the suspect into custody.
“The suspect was identified as Robert Cardinale, a 65-year-old Beaumont resident,” officers reported. “The victims did not know Cardinale and had never seen him before the incident.
The Beaumont Police Department would like to thank the vigilant citizen who called police and helped save the victims. Additional witnesses were present at the food court during the incident, and detectives are asking anyone with information to call Detective Sgt. Borrero at (409) 832-7190. The suspect was transported to the Jefferson County jail and charged with aggravated kidnapping. The investigation is on-going.”
As of press time, Cardinale was listed on the Jefferson County inmate roster with a $500,000 bond.