Towson Probationary Officer Charged with Reckless Endangerment: Police

A Perry Hall man assigned to the Towson precinct as a probationary officer with the Baltimore County Police Department was suspended with pay after an incident on Labor Day in Harford County, police reported Tuesday.

Stephen W. Ehatt, 25, was in a wooded area with his friend in Harford County 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. Both individuals were charged with reckless endangerment, police said.

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 released on his own recognizance, police said. He was suspended with pay, according to police.

Maryland State Police was handling the investigation.

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