Teenager charged in knife attack in Charlotte, North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, NC — A 19-year-old man was wanted after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said he attacked a woman with a knife Wednesday night. He was arrested less than a day later.

Officials said Josiah Maitland attacked the woman as she left work at the intersection of Randolph Road and Sam Drennan Road in southeast Charlotte around 6 p.m. He then fled the area.

The victim did not know Maitland. Police considered him armed and dangerous because they thought he might still have the knife on him.

CMPD issued an alert about him shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday, but later announced around 2:30 p.m. that Maitland had been arrested.

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