Man gets 35 years in appealed 1999 kidnapping case
ELKTON â In December 2004, Pennsylvania State Police Det. John J. Comerford swore out an arrest warrant charging former Port Deposit-area resident Joseph Dwayne Griest with first-degree rape and related sexual assault offenses in that state. Comerford did so even though Griest, who was 33 at that time, already was serving a 65-year prison sentence in Maryland in a related 1999 kidnapping case that had been handled in Cecil County. His decision to secure that Pennsylvania arrest warrant more than 16 years ago loomed large on March 16. Thatâs when Griest, now 49, received a 35-year pr...
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