Joppa Man Charged In Stabbing Over Drugs, Money: Sheriff

Bel Air MD

05 February, 2021

4:20 PM

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JOPPATOWNE, MD — One man was charged and another was hospitalized following a stabbing in Joppatowne Friday afternoon, according to authorities. Austin Jones, 28, of the 500 block of Eckhart Drive in Joppatowne, is charged with first- and second-degree assault and violating a protective order, court records show. Officials said Jones stabbed a 26-year-old Joppa man in the arm after they got into an altercation about money and illegal drugs around 2:40 p.m. in the 200 block of Brittany Drive. The victim was taken to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center for what appeared to be injuries that were not life-threatening. Authorities said he was released from the hospital Friday night. Jones is being held without bail.