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Updated: 9:14 PM Aug 25, 2008
Down East Man Charged With Kidnapping, Assaulting Girlfriend
Deputies say Nicholas Joyner broke all the phones as the victim tried to call 911.
Posted: 12:09 PM Aug 25, 2008Reporter: Bill Wilson |
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A Carteret County man is accused of kidnapping and trying to strangle his girlfriend.
Nicholas Joyner of Atlantic was charged Saturday with assault by strangulation, kidnapping, assault on a female, and interfering with emergency communication. That charge is because Joyner allegedly broke all the phones as the victim was trying to call 911.
The 29-year-old victim was treated at Carteret General Hospital. Joyner is in the Carteret County jail on a $50,000 bond.
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