Perry Hall Man Charged with Reckless Endangerment

A Perry Hall man employed by the Baltimore County Police Department was suspended with pay after being charged with reckless endangerment on Labor Day in Harford County, police reported Tuesday.

Stephen W. Ehatt, 25, of the 3800 block of Schroeder Avenue, was in a wooded area with his friend legally shooting firearms when they accidentally hit a vehicle on Edgewood Road, according to the report.

Nobody was injured, the report said.

Authorities determined that Ehatt and his friend had been shooting on Philadelphia at Edgewood roads when they “inadvertently shot in an unsafe direction” at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, according to a statement from the Baltimore County Police Department.

Nobody was injured in the incident, which involved legally owned firearms, police reported.

Ehatt, a probationary officer assigned to the Towson precinct of the Baltimore County Police Department, was charged with reckless endangerment and released on his own recognizance, police said. He was suspended with pay, according to police.

His friend was also charged with reckless endangerment, police said.

Maryland State Police was handling the investigation.

Ehatt is scheduled to appear for a hearing on Oct. 7 in Harford County District Court.