Cops use phone, Google Earth to track alleged abductor
A Pittsburgh-area man who allegedly assaulted his ex and kidnapped their baby was tracked to Upper Darby early this morning via his cell phone and Google Earth, according to police.
Cops use phone, Google Earth to track alleged abductor
Stephanie Farr
A Pittsburgh-area man who allegedly assaulted his ex and kidnapped their baby was tracked to Upper Darby early this morning via his cell phone and Google Earth, according to police.
Around 1:30 a.m., Upper Darby police received a call from police in North Versailles, a town about 13 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, who were trying to locate Edward Johnson, a 36-year-old man who had allegedly assaulted his ex and kidnapped their 6-month-old baby boy, said Upper Darby Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
North Versailles authorities were able to develop two coordinates on Johnson using recent calls he had made on his cell phone, and the coordinates indicated that Johnson was in the Upper Darby area, Chitwood said.
An officer with Upper Darby police then entered those coordinates in to Google Earth and was able to narrow Johnson's location down to the 500 block of South 69th Street.
Police went door-to-door on the block and at one of the homes a woman said Johnson was her son and was sleeping on her living room couch, Chitwood said. When police entered the home, Johnson was found asleep with the child nearby.
The baby, who suffers from significant medical issues, was taken to Delaware County Memorial Hospital, where he was checked and determined to be fine. By 1 p.m. today, the baby had been returned home to his mother, Chitwood said.
Johnson is currently being held as a fugitive at Delaware County Prison and is awaiting transport back to North Versailles, where he will face a litany of charges, including violations of a protection-from-abuse order his ex had against him.
Though Johnson's alleged actions are horrendous, Chitwood noted that his unusual hairstyle is "bodacious."
Wasn't this guy in "My Name is Earl"?— Burbanite
I think the name "The Daily Delco" needs to be changed. Maybe "The Upper Darby Daily"?— DixonBunz- Upper Darby has more nuts than Planters.— Cazptain Philadelphia
- Whaaaaa! Hahahaha!!! Holy sheeeeet! Hahahahaha!!!— barcadefire
- Did he stick his head in a cotton candy machine?— outta work
- Damn, all the Bynum and Sideshow Bob jokes were taken. Looks like a vampire bat landed on his head. Ok that stinks but all the good ones are already taken.— neddyflanders
- He should get ten years for that hairstyle alone. That's a crime just to look at.
Wait! I feel a lawsuit coming on! His hairstyle offended my sensiblities so much I lost my ability to function as a normal human for one day.— ena1977 - Because you can see his hair from space? Did anyone make that joke yet?— azzuri
- where does he buy his hair care products? Petco?...........yikes what a bro fro........can land a plane on his fro........OMFG— merchandiser
- Google Earth told him to arrest the first guy who looked like Mickey Mouse.— drbob1
- Did Bugs Bunny do his hair?— PotteryPete
- I am totally curious....tell me this guy has a job, Please. I'd like to know what employer took a chance on this one. Otherwise, we are already paying his rent, paying the good bills and medical care for this baby daddy. Leads me to also wonder about baby momma. Wow!!— thepaguy
- He's a loving foather. The hair makes his head look like a heart.
Of course this guy came to Upper Darby. Chitwood gets all the good ones.— towman
