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Tampa man jailed after attacking wife with screwdriver

 
Published March 27, 2015

TAMPA — A man police say stabbed his wife nine times with a screwdriver Monday at their Tampa home was booked in jail Thursday on an attempted murder charge.

Jeremiah Daniel Josiah, 42, was tracked to Orlando where he was arrested before being brought back to Tampa late Thursday.

During an argument Monday afternoon, Josiah grabbed a screwdriver and chased his wife, Rominka Josiah, 36, around their home at 3605 N 51st St. When she ran outside, he followed. He kicked and punched the woman before stabbing her in the torso, police said. He ran away before officers arrived. A child saw the attack.

Rominka Josiah was hospitalized with serious injuries, but was expected to survive, police said. Her husband was being held without bail Friday on a charge of attempted first-degree murder.