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Man wanted in Maryland for allegedly shooting woman, setting house on fire arrested in Pittsburgh
A man wanted in Maryland for allegedly shooting and killing a woman and then setting her house on fire was arrested in Pittsburgh on Tuesday.
Nikolas Patrick James, 46, allegedly shot and killed a woman in Kitzmiller, Maryland early Tuesday morning.
A BOLO was issued for James by the Garrett County Sheriff’s Office.
He was found in the Banksville area of Pittsburgh, in the 1100 block of Banksville Road, where he was arrested.
James is being held in Pittsburgh and will be extradited back to Maryland.
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A University of Maryland (UMD) football player was arrested for harassment, according to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
Dontay Joyner, a defensive back and rising senior at UMD, was charged with telephone misuse for making repeated calls, electronic communications harassment, and violating release conditions, a misdemeanor offense, according to court records.
Joyner’s attorney is calling the ordeal “outrageous,” saying “[Joyner] has been locked in a cage in Harford County for seven nights after being charged with a misdemeanor for telephone misuse for texting his longtime girlfriend during an argument. This is simply outrageous.”
Joyner’s attorney, Former Attorney General Douglas Gansler, said the 21-year-old has never been in trouble with the law and does not own a handgun. According to Gansler, Joyner’s girlfriend is “fully supportive of him and does not want to press charges.”
According to the UMD Terps website, Joyner is a Lakeland, Florida, native who previously attended Arkansas State. In the spring, Joyner was given the Nick Cross Defensive Back Award in a tradition that honors “past terrapin greats.”
According to court records, Joyner was held without bond.
WJZ has reached out to UMD officials for comment.
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