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Police seek man in connection with Albany Twp. kidnapping

Troopers from State Police Troop L, Hamburg, are investigating a kidnapping, which occurred Feb. 16 at a home in the 1300 block of Hawk Mountain Road, Albany Township, Berks County.

Police are looking for Marshall Glenn McGinty, 43, who should be considered armed and dangerous, said Trooper David Beohm, public information officer from State Police Troop L, Reading.

According to Beohm, a man who had previously aided McGinty with food and supplies was house sitting at the Hawk Mountain home, when he came home at 4:45 p.m. Monday and found McGinty in the house.

McGinty pointed an AK-47 assault rifle at the man, ordered him to lie face down on the floor, tied his wrists together and took his wallet and keys.

Beohm said that around 6 p.m. McGinty drove the man in his car to the Santander Bank, 120 S. Centre Ave., Pottsville, Schuylkill County, where he withdrew $60 from the man's account.

McGinty then drove to the Hamburg Reservoir, where he cut the man's hands free and drove off in his car, described as a dark blue, 2012 Honda Fit with Pennsylvania registration GTD-7635.

The AK-47, which belongs to the homeowner, has not been located, Beohm said .

McGinty is facing charges of kidnapping, unlawful restraint, robbery, criminal trespass, theft, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.

Beohm said McGinty has an arrest warrant for burglarizing the same house on Hawk Mountain Road on May 1, 2014.

In addition, McGinty currently has warrants out for his arrest in Berks County, and probation violations in Lehigh and Schuylkill counties.

PRESS PHOTO COURTESY PSP Marshall Glenn McGinty