Man faces kidnapping, battery charges after attacking woman in Deerfield Beach
A 25-year-old Fort Lauderdale man was arrested Thursday after attacking a woman at a business in Deerfield Beach before forcing her into a car and driving off with her, a probable cause affidavit said.
James Alexander Cure III faces charges of kidnapping, burglary with assault or battery, burglary of a dwelling, structure or conveyance and three counts of battery stemming from the incident Thursday morning near the 2001 block of West Sample Road, according to court records. He was held in the Broward Main Jail as of Friday night.
The Broward Sheriff ’s Office said Cure knew the woman whom he attacked but did not provide further information on their relation to one another.
Before Cure arrived at the business in Deerfield Beach, he and the victim were arguing over text message, the affidavit said. Cure took an Uber to the business and demanded to talk to her.
Another woman inside the business told Cure the victim did not want to talk to him and that he needed to leave, the affidavit said. Cure then jumped over a reception counter, shoving the woman who told him to leave and at least one other person.
As Cure searched the business for the woman, he opened the doors of nearby offices and shoved one of the other victims again in doing so while they hid in one of the offices, the affidavit said.
Cure found the victim in a hallway and demanded she gather her things, the affidavit said. He grabbed the back of her neck and forced her into her office and took her cell phone away as she gathered her things.
Cure walked out of the business with the woman, and they got into the woman’s car parked in the back, the affidavit said. The woman started experiencing a medical issue shortly into the drive and Cure dropped her off at a hospital in Margate. The medical issue is redacted in the affidavit.
One of the witnesses who called 911 told a detective that when Cure was in the business, he slammed a backpack on a desk and said, “I’m not the one to be f—– with.” The witness said it sounded like a gun was in the backpack when it hit the desk, according to the affidavit.
Authorities later found Cure at a Wawa gas station on North State Road 7 in Margate, the affidavit said. Later that day, detectives obtained a search warrant for the victim’s apartment, where she gave them Cure’s backpack. The backpack had a pistol inside with three magazines and Cure’s identification.