October 8, 2008
Amber Alert issued for teens abducted from their home
An Amber Alert has been issued for two teenage brothers apparently kidnapped after six gunmen invaded their Catonsville home yesterday, a Baltimore County police spokesman said.
Shortly before 3 a.m., six armed men wearing masks got out of a gray Chevrolet Suburban in front of a house in the 600 block of Plymouth Road and forced their way into the two-story house occupied by two females and eight males, most of whom did not live there.
Once inside, the men awakened the occupants, binding their hands behind their backs with tape and gagging them, said Cpl. Mike Hill, the spokesman.
The armed intruders remained in the house for eight hours, until about 11 a.m., when they left with the brothers, Stephon Blackwell, 17, and Sterling Blackwell, 16, in a black 2004 BMW 645 convertible that belongs to one of the occupants.
As the BMW was about to leave, a male relative of the boys was driving by the house and witnessed the abduction. Police said that when the relative approached the BMW, one of the intruders fired a shot that missed the man.
About 8:30 p.m., the BMW was found abandoned in the 200 block of N. Glover St. in East Baltimore, police said.
Hill said the people left in the house at first were not cooperating with police but later gave them some information, which he declined to describe. Police were attempting to determine if the invasion was random or deliberate, Hill said. The spokesman said he didn't know whether the intruders stole any money or property from the house.
County police requested that Maryland State Police activate an Amber Alert describing the boys and the car in which they were abducted.
Anyone with information about the case should call 911 or county police at 410-307-2020.
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