HAGERSTOWN, MD. (AP) _ POLICE SAY A HAGERSTOWN MAN WANTED FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY SLAYING IN JUNE IS BEING HELD BY BALTIMORE AUTHORITIES ON DRUG AND FIREARM CHARGES.

THE HERALD-MAIL OF HAGERSTOWN (HTTP://BIT.LY/QPDBAL ) REPORTS TUESDAY THAT BALTIMORE CITY POLICE ARRESTED 18-YEAR-OLD MARCUS LONGUS FRIDAY AFTER PULLING OVER A VEHICLE FOR AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.

LONGUS IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AND FACES A PRELIMINARY HEARING NEXT MONTH.

HAGERSTOWN POLICE OBTAINED A WARRANT IN JUNE CHARGING LONGUS WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER AND OTHER OFFENSES IN THE JUNE 24 SLAYING OF 25-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO MICHAEL JOYNER OF WALKERSVILLE. JOYNER WAS SHOT A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN HAGERSTOWN.

HAGERSTOWN POLICE SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHEN LONGUS WILL BE RETURNED TO WASHINGTON COUNTY.

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