Accused child kidnapper arrested in Harford County
It's every parent's worst nightmare.
Police said that a mother saw a man walking away with her 5-year-old son from a sports field in Aberdeen. He was headed toward a corn field, and the son returned when his mother called out to him.
"The young boy told his mother that the male had asked him to help him find a toy he had lost," according to the Harford County Sheriff's Office. "The male was not known to any of the other parents at the sporting event." The incident occurred Sat., Sept. 17.
Sheriff's deputies said they arrested a man this Saturday and charged him with kidnapping, and the man is being held without bail.
For more details, here is statement from the Harford County Sheriff's office:
Brian Hamilton Childress, age 49, was arrested on Saturday, September 24, 2011 on kidnapping charges in connection with a “Stranger Danger” incident that occurred a week earlier at the Carsins Run Sports Field located in Aberdeen, MD.
It was reported to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office and the Child Advocacy Center that a mother witnessed her 5 year old son walking with an unidentified male towards a cornfield near the sports fields. The mother called out for her son, who returned to her and the male quickly disappeared into the cornfield.
The young boy told his mother that the male had asked him to help him find a toy he had lost. The male was not known to any of the other parents at the sporting event.
Utilizing a variety of investigative techniques and resources, Harford County Sheriff’s Office detectives were able to determine that the suspect described as a white male, age 45-50, approximately 5’07”-5’09”, 185-200 lbs with short dark hair, a weathered face and a salt and pepper, scruffy beard was Brian Hamilton Childress, age 49, of no fixed address.
An arrest warrant was issued and Childress was picked up without incident early Saturday morning in the Whiteford area of Harford County, MD. He has been charged under the annotated code of Maryland with CR 3-503 a with Kidnapping- Child under 16, which speaks to the suspect attempting to entice a child either forcibly or fraudulently away from the control and/or custody of a parent or guardian.
He is currently being held without bail at the Harford County Detention Center while awaiting trial.
Comments
Just want to point out that Mr. Childress is not in the sex offender registry. Thus, the registry would have been completely ineffective in stopping this incident. Since over 90% of abuse cases are first-time offenders, the registry is equally ineffective in the vast majority of such incidents, including the incident that led Senator Nancy Jacobs to so vehemently support the registry. Mrs. Jacobs, tear down this registry.
Posted by: Zaphod | September 27, 2011 10:33 AM
@Zaphod... u cant be serious, tear it down? wow... the only people that would possibly want the registry torn down are people who are on it and want to operate with anonymity ... just because the registry doesn't apply in this case, doesnt mean its not effective... I personally want to know if sick pedos are living anywhere near my children and I would guess the majority society feels the same..
Posted by: U cant be serious | September 27, 2011 12:23 PM