something just didn t seem right. that s what this department store worker says compelled her to write down the license plate number of suspicious man. now police are call her the real hero who helped them track down a kidnapper. good evening. abc 7 news reporter allen wong live in pittsburg for us tonight where the absence haven t target employee works with the story. allen? reporter: this is an example of how ordinary people can help the police who can t be everywhere at the right time. investigators at very general description on the kidnapper and car but it was the information from an employee here at the target store that led them straight to the suspect and the little girl. just financial iting around. i didn t, i wasn t getting a good vibe off him. reporter: it s her job to prevent shoplifting at the pittsburgh target store. she says the man she was watching didn t steal anything but she kept an eye on him any way. at one point i saw him grab on the steering
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led them straight to the suspect and the little girl. just financial iting around. i didn t, i wasn t getting a good vibe off him. reporter: it s her job to prevent shoplifting at the pittsburgh target store. she says the man she was watching didn t steal anything but she kept an eye on him any way. at one point i saw him grab on the steering wheel and shaking it like if something was wrong with him so then i thought there s something wrong with this guy. he s not all there. reporter: rocks ann took down the license plate of the gold toyota camry then later that night her girlfriend read her the amber alert for an abducted 7-year-old girl. car looked the same. it might be the same person and i was like i wrote down the license plate number my girlfriend was tell me you should call you should call. reporter: police say they looked up the driver who matched the suspect descriptio description. it was 43-year-old antioch resident david douglas. once we knew who he was
he drove around waiting on a sign for what to do next. . see this from me. reporter: and martinez haazig madyun kron 4 news. pam: douglas is being held on a $4 million belt pulley said he followed his beckham home from a wal-mart store in antioch friday. then grab the child just after she and her mother pulled into the company tried family driveway. his car was spotted not to want afterward at the antioch marina where police took him into custody about the girl on hard. unharmed. pam: credited for helping the police cracked this case a target employee. rec s that ramirez says she noticed the suspect acting strangely. when he walked into the store where she worked in pittsburgh. she then went back into the office and watched him on the surveillance camera as as he left and went to the parking lot. roxanna ramirez pam: because of his bizarre actions ramirez brought down the license plate number from his old toilet camry. when she found out about the tabloid she calle