Crime & Safety

Former Baltimore County Officer Wanted In Pennsylvania: Police

Police in Pennsylvania are searching for a man who they say abducted his two young daughters.

Police said Robert Vicosa is armed with at least one weapon and should not be approached. Call 911 or the York County Area Regional Police Department at 717-741-1259.
Police said Robert Vicosa is armed with at least one weapon and should not be approached. Call 911 or the York County Area Regional Police Department at 717-741-1259. (York County Police Department)

YORK, PA — A former Baltimore County police officer is reportedly wanted in Pennsylvania, where authorities say he abducted his daughters.

Robert Vicosa, 42, who is also known as Robert Brown, took a woman captive at gunpoint and stole her car with his 6- and 7-year-old daughters Tuesday, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

The girls — Aaminah Vicosa, 6, and Giana Vicosa, 7 — are "believed to be in extreme danger," police said, advising anyone who sees them to call authorities and not to approach their father, as he is armed with at least one firearm.

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The car was found in Red Lion Borough, police said.

The girls were last seen in the area of Hussen Road in Windsor Township around 11:49 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 16, according to the York Area Regional Police Department.

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Robert Vicosa is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 180 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes.

When last seen, he was wearing blue penguin pajama pants and a green zip-up shirt with three-quarter length sleeves and muck boots.

He was fired from the Baltimore County Police Department in August, according to WJZ.

Police say he may be driving a 2013 black Lexus G35 with Pennsylvania registration KPK2076.

Kidnapping, assault and robbery charges have been filed against Robert Vicosa in Pennsylvania, according to WHP, the CBS affiliate in Harrisonburg, Pa.

Call 911 or the York County Area Regional Police Department at 717-741-1259.

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