BALTIMORE � U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Maryland Transportation Authority Police (MDTAP) officers arrested a Woodbine, Md., man at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Thursday on Prince George�s County, Md., rape charges.
While reviewing passenger manifests of departing international flights, CBP officers detected an arrest warrant for Bryan Keith Stirn, 53, scheduled to board a flight to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. CBP officers confirmed with the Prince Georges County Sheriff�s Office that the warrant remained active and notified MDTAP.
CBP and MDTAP officers identified Stirn at the departure gate, confirmed his identity and took Stirn into custody.
�Customs and Border Protection officers sometimes encounter travelers with outstanding arrest warrants and we work to return them to the jurisdiction of their criminal charges,� said Dianna Bowman, CBP Area Port Director for the Port of Baltimore. �This warrant arrest is another example of CBP�s collaboration with our law enforcement partners to protect victims� rights, return fugitives to justice, and to help keep our communities safe.�
Criminal charges are merely allegations. Defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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