Florida Man Arrested For Kidnapping Collingswood Girl: Police

COLLINGSWOOD, NJ — A Collingswood girl has been found safe and a Florida man she was with has been charged with kidnapping, according to Camden County Prosecutor Mary Eva Colalillo and Collingswood Police Chief Kevin Carey.

Liam Heim, 21, of Gulfport, Florida, was charged with one count of first-degree kidnapping and one count of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child after a 12-year-old girl was reported missing earlier this week, police said.

He was also charged by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Philadelphia with transportation of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

He was arrested without incident when the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victim’s Unit, Philadelphia Police Airport Unit and the Collingswood Police department found he and the girl in a hotel on Bartram Avenue in Philadelphia on Friday, police said.

As of Saturday night, he was being held on pending federal charges at the Federal Detention Center. His first appearance in federal court is scheduled for Monday, and a detention hearing is tentatively scheduled for Thursday.

She was reported missing by her parents on Thursday, March 29. She was last seen at school at Collingswood Middle School, and was seen at the Collingswood Patco Speedline station travelling with Heim at about 2 p.m. the same day.

This investigation is being worked jointly by the Philadelphia Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force operated out of the Philadelphia Police Department Special Victims Unit.

The attached image of Liam Heim was previously provided by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office