officers say the man driving was philip timmens. they didn't know he was in the car with his ex-girlfriend, maryland deputies tell us he kidnapped her at gunpoint. back at the toll plaza, tim monds pulled the truck over and went to check on the surf boards. >> once he got out of the vehicle, that was her opportunity to make a move. >> reporter: police say the victim started driving away and timmonds jumped in the truck bed. it caused plenty of commotion. >> the officer went out and someone standing in the back of a pick-up truck and trying to intervene in what was going on. >> reporter: the woman told police she had been kidnapped. officers searched timmonds and found a loaded gun. he was arrested. the victim was unharmed. police say for once, it actually paid off to have high winds at the tunnel. >> at that point unaware of anything that had happened and that vehicle would have just paid its toll and gone across here. >> wow. the suspect is behind bars in virginia beach and faces a long slew of charges there as well as in maryland.