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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. - Officials with the Osceola County Sheriff's Office are seeking the public's assistance in finding a suspect after an attempted kidnapping early Saturday morning, according to deputies.

Deputies were called out to the area of E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway around 4 a.m. after the victim said she was walking in the area toward the intersection of Cross Prairie Parkway when a man in a silver SUV stopped in front of her.

The victim entered the vehicle believing the man to be an Uber driver, according to officials. Deputies said while driving on Cross Prairie Parkway, the victim demanded to be let out after the man began making sexual comments.

Officials said the victim began to scream and attempted to open the passenger door after the suspect refused to

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