A middle-aged homeless man with an extensive criminal history was arrested Saturday for kidnapping after he allegedly attempted to lure a young boy away from his mother and toward a cornfield near the sports fields in Carsins Run. Brian Hamilton Childress, 49, of no fixed address, was arrested by the Harford County Sheriff’s Office and […]
Edgewood Man Sentenced to 55 Years in Jail for Kidnapping and Assault of Pylesville Woman
From the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office: On June 14, 2011, Joshua Prince Freeman, 22, of Edgewood, was sentenced by Judge Stephen M. Waldron, to serve a total of 55 years for the kidnapping and carjacking of Kara Smithson, 21, of Pylesville. Freeman had been convicted by a jury of numerous crimes in the October […]
Edgewood Man Found Guilty in October 2009 Kidnapping, Carjacking of Pylesville Woman
From the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office: On April 25, 2010, a Harford County jury found Joshua Prince Freeman, 22, of Liberty Court, guilty of Kidnapping, Carjacking, Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery, Assault and Arson after three hours of deliberation. Freeman was found guilty in connection with the kidnapping of twenty year old Kara Smithson […]
Police Investigating Alleged Kidnapping for Ransom at Walmart in Aberdeen
A 24-year-old man, who claimed Sunday morning to have been kidnapped and held for ransom, is safely in custody after police found him unharmed at Walmart in Aberdeen. Shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Southern Precinct received a call from a man in New Jersey who said his 24-year-old family member, […]
Troopers Arrest Kidnapping Suspect on I-95 in Perryville; Suspect Taken to Harford Memorial Hospital
From Maryland State Police: A kidnapping suspect was arrested and his victims rescued by a Maryland state trooper on I-95 late Saturday night less than an hour after the lookout was received. The accused is identified as Deivi M. Polanco, 30, of Alpharetta, Georgia. After consultation with the Cecil County State’s Attorney’s Office, Polanco is […]
Additional Arrest in Harford County Carjacking, Assault and Kidnapping
From Maryland State Police: Joppa, Maryland: On October 28, 2009 at 2:00 p.m., investigators from the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack, with the assistance of Harford County Sheriff’s office detectives and their Gang Suppression unit, identified the third suspect in connection with Monday night’s carjacking and robbery in Edgewood, MD. The third suspect is […]
Police Investigate Carjacking, Armed Robbery And Kidnapping Of Woman In Joppa
From Maryland State Police: On Monday, October 26, 2009 at about 10:00 pm troopers from the Maryland State Police Bel Air Barrack responded to the 300 block of Philadelphia Road, Joppa, Md. for a reported victim of a carjacking and robbery. Troopers learned upon arrival that the victim Kara Smithson, 20 of Pylesville, Md. was […]
Bel Air Sex Offender Charged With Kidnapping Aberdeen Woman At Knifepoint
(Abingdon, MD) Troopers investigate alleged kidnapping and serious assault case in Abingdon, Maryland. Accused is a registered sex-offender in Harford County, MD. On August 30, 2009 at approximately 11:52 p.m. troopers from the Bel Air Barrack were dispatched to the 7-11 convenience Store located at MD 7 and Abingdon Road for a report of an […]