By Andrea Durán
Baltimore Watchdog Staff Writer
Two Rossville brothers were arrested and charged in connection with the shooting deaths of two men found in a Towson apartment last week, the Baltimore County Police Department said Wednesday.
Norwood Thomas Johnson Jr., 29, and Nyghee Nicholas Johnson, 21, of the unit block of Paula Place in Rossville were charged with two counts of first-degree murder. They were being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center, police said.
Officers were called to an apartment in the unit block of Lambourne Road around 9:30 a.m. last Monday. A maintenance worker discovered the bodies of Stanley B. Brunson Jr., 29, and Shameek Davone Joyner, 28, when he entered.
Detectives determined that Brunson and Joyner went to the apartment to meet with the Johnson brothers after a resident set up the meeting for a drug deal. It was still unknown what caused the murders, but police said both Brunson and Joyner suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the upper body.
Police obtained warrants for Johnson and Nicholas on Sunday and located them on Tuesday after officers conducted a traffic stop at 3 p.m. on southbound I-83. Both men were taken into custody without incident, police said.
Police also arrested and charged Dwight Dakarai Jones, 42, of the 900 block of Elton Avenue, with a variety of drug and weapons violations, including firearms and drug trafficking in connection with the homicide investigation.
Detectives said that Jones was an associate of the Johnson brothers. When police used a warrant to search Jones’ home on Elton Avenue, they found evidence related to the murders. Also discovered in Jones’ home were a number of illegal guns and more than 100 pounds of marijuana, police said. Jones is restricted from owning guns because of a previous felony conviction, according to police.
Police said none of the guns confiscated from Jones’ home was used in the recent killings but forensics testing will determine if they were used in any other crimes.
Jones was being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center.
Though police have charged the two men in connection with the murders, an investigation continues, officers said.
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