WOODBINE, Md. — A veteran Harford County Sheriff's deputy faces a slew of child sex abuse charges.
Ryan Christopher Hall, 50, was arrested Tuesday in Woodbine, after his now 22-year-old daughter found a camera hidden inside the vent of her bathroom.
The 27-year detective is 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 Hall's two daughters, 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.
Others files seized by police depicted random girls as young as 4-years-old, who have no relation to Hall.
The daughter who first discovered the bathroom camera, recalled being sexually abused by Hall when she was 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.
Her 21-year-old sister, who is now in the U.S. Air Force, also remembers being abused by Hall starting at 10-years old.
"When I asked Ryan about this, he acknowledged that it happened," investigators wrote in charging documents. "Ryan stated that he did not view his daughters sexually, but just as a woman."
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."
Anyone with more information about this case can call detective Jacob Street at 410-386-3640.
