A man is facing serious charges after allegedly trying to drag a woman into his truck in broad daylight, bad news for neighborhood safety but a relief that bystanders stopped it.

• 23-year-old Diesel Cavello is charged in the attempted kidnapping, held on half a million dollars bail.
• He allegedly grabbed a 24-year-old woman on a street near Diamond Head and tried to pull her into his truck.
• A bystander stepped in, and Cavello dropped the woman and fled the scene.
• Police caught up with him a few hours later a short distance away and arrested him.

Outlook: Cavello now heads into the criminal court process on the kidnapping charge.