Charges filed against man accused of attempting to kidnap boy at Palm Springs hotel Joseph Harvey (Courtesy of the Palm Springs Police Department) Felony charges were filed today against a felon accused of trying to kidnap an 8-year-old boy, whose father came to his son's rescue at a Palm Springs hotel. Joseph Ryan Harvey, 30, of Bermuda Dunes was taken into custody at about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of South Indian Canyon Drive, less than a half-mile from the hotel where he allegedly attempted to abduct the youngster on Harvey, who's being held at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning without bail, is is charged with one felony count of kidnapping and two misdemeanor counts of possessing drug paraphernalia.