SELINSGROVE — A woman kidnapped and robbed at knifepoint outside the Susquehanna Valley Mall said the suspect did not appear to be a violent criminal.

“He seemed like a really nice boy,” said Alexandra Moratelli, 53, of Elysburg.

When she and her daughter, Alexa, 18, arrived at the Hummels Wharf mall the afternoon of May 18, they allegedly saw Charles Gordner, 28, of Danville, sitting outside on a bench.

When they left the mall around 5 p.m., he was still there. As they walked to their car, they were unaware they were being followed.

“I didn’t see him get up,” the woman said.

The woman climbed into the driver’s seat, and her teen daughter, into the back. They were going to drive to the mall entrance to pick up the woman’s mother, who was waiting inside and who usually sits in the front seat.

That’s when Gordner allegedly jumped into the back seat with the teen, holding a 6- to 8-inch knife.

“He said, ‘I’m not gonna hurt you, but I want all your money,’” the mother alleged he said.

He then demanded the teen’s cell phone, but when she began crying and begged him not to take it, he didn’t, the mother said.

The mother then gave Gordner her wallet, which contained about $50. She said he took the money, and then removed her license, wrote down her name and address, and then returned the wallet to her.

But Gordner allegedly wanted more money and demanded they drive to an ATM. Not from the area, and unaware of where the closest ATM was, the woman asked Gordner where she should go.

He directed her to Swineford National Bank, where more money was obtained and then given to Gordner.

In all, he stole about $100, the mother alleges.

But it still wasn’t enough for him.

As they drove from the bank and down the Old Trail, the mother alleges Gordner told them, “You don’t have a lot of money. I’m going to have to take your car.”