Allegheny

West Mifflin man deemed fugitive more than a year ago arrested by sheriff’s detectives

Justin Vellucci
By Justin Vellucci
1 Min Read May 4, 2023 | 3 years Ago
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A West Mifflin man wanted on firearms and assault charges was arrested Thursday, according to the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office.

Malik Banks, 25, was deemed a fugitive in April 2022 after he failed to appear in court on a firearms charge, Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus said. Pittsburgh police also charged Banks in 2022 with aggravated assault, after authorities said a woman reported that Banks struck her under her eye with a gun he was holding.

Sheriff’s office detectives arrested Banks at a home on West Mifflin’s Midway Drive, Kraus said.

Kraus said Banks was being held in Allegheny County Jail.

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Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.

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