Update:
North Port Police have arrested and Identified the suspect in a carjacking and sexual assault at a gas station as 26-year-old Jorge Daniel Martin from Port Charlotte.
Martin has been charged with False Imprisonment, Carjacking and Burglary with Assault.
Original:
The North Port Police Department is investigating a carjacking and sexual assault that happened at 18999 Tamiami Trail Thursday morning.
Investigators say a 911 call was made at the RaceTrac at 2:30 a.m.
North Port Community Correspondent Victoria Quevedo explains how it all started.
North Port PD says the victim was carjacked near the intersection of Sumter Boulevard and US-41. Police say the attacker approached the driver and got in the car through the passenger's side.
The attacker forced the driver to go to Port Charlotte where he sexually assaulted the driver, police say. They then drove back to the RaceTrac, where the victim called police.
The suspect is in custody, but at this point, they have not said how they caught him.
