From the Aberdeen Police Department: Aberdeen, MD October 16, 2013 – Investigators have charged Jesse A Bowen 33, of the 800 block of Lafayette Street, Havre de Grace in the incident involving Violet Ripken yesterday. Bowen has been charged with attempted armed robbery, attempted armed car jacking, possessing a dangerous weapon, first degree assault and […]
UPDATED: Vi Ripken Accosted at Gunpoint in Parking Lot of Aberdeen Bank; No Apparent Connection to Previous Kidnapping
Aberdeen resident Violet Ripken, mother of Baltimore Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., was accosted at gunpoint in the parking lot of an Aberdeen bank Tuesday afternoon but scared off her attacker using her car alarm, city police said. The incident came 16 months after Ripken, 75, was abducted from her home and returned […]