Ralph Harmon Gets 45 Years for Brutal Crime | Dover News

Dover News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 20, 2026 · 1m

A 26-year-old man, Ralph Harmon, just received a 45-year federal sentence—on top of his existing life sentence—for brutally kidnapping and sexually assaulting an 80-year-old woman in January 2023. He forced her into her car with a fake gun, pistol-whipped her, stole her ATM info, drove her across state lines, assaulted her, tied her hands, and threw her into the Wicomico River—intending to kill her. She survived thanks to bystanders and later escaped his clutches when police spotted her stolen car. While in jail, he even tried to have her killed and terrorized her over the phone, forcing her…