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Ryan Christopher Hall was a former Mormon bishopric member and veteran sheriff’s department detective in Maryland.
In 2024, Hall was charged with several sex crimes related to child sexual abuse.
At the time of his arrest, Hall was a member of the Woodbine Ward (Mt. Airy, Maryland) of the Frederick Maryland Stake, according to an acquaintance of Hall who alerted FLOODLIT to this case.
Hall had previously served in a ward bishopric, Sunday school presidencies, the young men’s program, and most recently as a young single adults (YSA) Sunday school teacher, the acquaintance said.
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Harford Sheriff's detective admits to installing hidden cameras, sexually abusing children
Publisher: WMAR 2 Baltimore
Date: 24 Oct 2024
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Source type: News articleWOODBINE, Md. — A veteran Harford County Sheriff's deputy faces a slew of child sex abuse charges.
Ryan Christopher Hall, 50, was arrested Tuesday, after a now 22-year-old family member found a camera hidden inside the vent of their home bathroom in Woodbine.
The 27-year detective was assigned to the Harford Sheriff's Domestic Violence Unit, but is now suspended without pay.
Carroll County prosecutors say they recovered more than 1,000 sexually explicit files of two victims related to Hall, some dating back to 2012, when they were underage.
Hall reportedly admitted to personally installing the cameras inside the bathroom.
"I did put [the cameras] there because I have a problem," Hall told investigators, according to charging documents.
He confessed to watching child porn since 2008.
Other files seized by police depicted random girls as young as 4-years-old, who have no relation to Hall.
The one victim who first discovered the bathroom camera, recalled Hall sexually abusing them when they were between 10 and 12-years old.
"One of these incidents lasted so long that she remembers a movie starting and ending prior to him ending the abuse," detectives wrote in charging documents.
The second victim, who is now 21, also remembered being abused by Hall starting at age 10.
"When I asked Ryan about this, he acknowledged that it happened," investigators wrote in charging documents.
Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler reacted to the disturbing allegations by issuing this statement.
"At this time, we have no information that these crimes were committed with the use of HCSO equipment or during the course of Hall’s on duty hours," said Gahler. "I find it both personally and professionally disappointing that someone within our ranks would break that trust and be accused of such heinous acts and crimes. My thoughts go out to the victims in this case."
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