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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A hunt is underway successful Pennsylvania for Robert Vicosa, a former Baltimore County constabulary serviceman accused of kidnapping his children from their Windsor Township home. Vicosa is wanted connected felony charges aft constabulary accidental helium attacked his estranged wife, held her captive and abducted the couple’s 6- and 7-year-old daughters, Aaminah and Gianna.
Police said Vicosa, who is believed to beryllium armed, may beryllium successful the institution of Tia Bynum, a Baltimore County constabulary sergeant and erstwhile co-worker who has been “less than forthcoming” with the investigation. Investigators are looking for Bynum’s car, a 2013 Lexus GS 350 with the Pennsylvania licence sheet KPK2076. Anyone who sees Vicosa oregon his children is asked to telephone 911 immediately.
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Below is simply a little timeline of the investigation:
Timeline
Sunday: Robert Vicosa’s estranged woman called 911 to study she had been violently assaulted astatine her location successful Windsor Township, Pennsylvania, constabulary said. She said she was held captive for 24 hours oregon more, and her estranged hubby had taken disconnected with her 6- and 7-year-old daughters, Aaminah and Gianna. Because she had been told her telephone and car mightiness beryllium tracked, she drove to a neighboring jurisdiction, wherever authorities enactment her successful interaction with the York Area Regional Police Department.
Monday: Police executed a hunt warrant astatine the Windsor Township home, which was ransacked and vacant. “The location was successful disarray, the model successful the backmost was wholly shattered retired and determination was a canine near behind. It was emaciated and looked similar it was malnourished. Nobody was near successful the home,” constabulary said. Police learned that Vicosa mightiness beryllium driving a achromatic Acura TL that belonged to a comparative of his person and erstwhile co-worker, Baltimore County Police Sgt. Tia Bynum.
After pinging Vicosa’s cellphone astatine Bynum’s home, investigators went by the location successful hunt of Vicosa, constabulary said. Investigators spoke with Bynum, who was described arsenic “less than forthcoming.” Police said Bynum did not springiness them support to hunt her home.
Tuesday: Police returned to the Windsor Township location of Vicosa’s estranged wife, wherever they recovered everything arsenic they had near it. Later, investigators learned of a pistillate successful Red Lion Borough who had been held hostage. The pistillate said she was confronted by an equipped Vicosa aft she recovered a partially submerged Acura successful a canal adjacent her home. She handed implicit her phone, the keys to her Volkswagen Jetta and blankets for him and the children.
Police traced the carjacking victim’s telephone to a determination connected East Lancaster Street successful Red Lion, wherever they recovered the Volkswagen abandoned. After searching a adjacent home, constabulary realized it was a dormant end. Investigators aboriginal traced Vicosa’s telephone to Bynum’s home, but a hunt of the residence recovered nary motion of Vicosa, the children, Bynum oregon Bynum’s vehicle. Police aren’t definite if Vicosa and his daughters are with Bynum oregon her vehicle, but they aren’t ruling retired the possibility.
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Wednesday: York Area Regional Police clasp a quality league to supply connected an update connected the presumption of their investigation. They said their efforts are focused connected uncovering Vicosa’s daughters, Aaminah and Gianna.
Separately, WJZ has confirmed with the Baltimore County Police Department that Sgt. Bynum has been suspended from duty arsenic a effect of her transportation to the Vicosa investigation.
Thursday: Vicosa and Bynum allegedly committed a kidnapping and equipped carjacking successful Cockeysville connected Thursday morning, Baltimore County constabulary said. They allegedly forced a antheral astatine gunpoint to thrust them to respective locations astir the Baltimore area, and past released the unfortunate unharmed.
During a associated property conference, Baltimore County Police Chief Melissa Hyatt and York Area Regional Police Chief Timothy Damon implored the mates to instrumentality the children safely.
“I privation to plead to Rob that we would similar you to enactment Gigi and Mina successful a harmless place, wherever we tin guarantee their harmless instrumentality and information overall,” Damon said. “They bash not request to beryllium progressive successful this, and we privation to guarantee that the 2 girls, your girls, are safe.”
Hyatt straight addressed Bynum.
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“Tia, our precedence is the information and wellbeing of Gianna and Aaminah,” she said. “Please, get these 2 guiltless and precious children to a harmless location. You tin driblet them disconnected astatine a nationalist information installation oregon immoderate different harmless determination with a liable big to attraction for them. Their wellbeing and information is everyone’s priority. We cognize that you are tired. We privation to enactment with you connected a harmless and peaceful resolution.”
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