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Maryland man arrested on kidnapping charge in Georgetown
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A Maryland man has been charged with kidnapping after he took a man in Georgetown and drove him to Seaford on May 3, according to police.
The victim said he was taken against his will after he had helped another man to avoid a potential assault by the suspect, Georgetown police said.
Michael Stills of Hurlock, Maryland, is charged with first-degree kidnapping, terroristic threatening and offensive touching.
On May 3, Seaford police contacted Georgetown police, informing them of the victim at a Seaford Motel 6, an hour after he had been taken in Georgetown. The victim had escaped the suspect’s vehicle in Seaford, police said.
After an investigation, Stills was identified as the suspect, police said.
On May 6, Dover police had Stills in custody after a traffic stop and notified Georgetown police, who took over from there.
Stills is being held on $26,500 cash bail at the Sussex Correctional Facility.
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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