Land O' Lakes Man Accused Of Kidnapping, Robbing Man

WESLEY CHAPEL, FL -- A 22-year-old Land O' Lakes man has been accused of pulling a victim into his car and then battering and robbing the victim.

According to the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 19, Tyler Makendrick Rile Bryant of Cresthill Lane in Land O' Lakes was sitting in the back seat of a parked car on Natural Bridge Road in Wesley Chapel with two other people when he pulled the victim into the car.

Deputies say Bryant and another assailant began striking and punching the victim while the victim's girlfriend looked on. The car then pulled away with the victim inside.

A second witness followed and saw the rear passenger door open and the victim being pushed out of the car while it was in motion. The victim was hanging out of the car with his head only inches from the pavement while the car was traveling at about 45 mph.

Bryant has been charged with robbery, false imprisonment and battery. Deputies have not identified the victim's other attacker.

Image via Pasco Sheriff

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