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Report: Pitt DE Dayon Hayes Charged With Assault

A young Pitt Panthers lineman was charged with simple assault.

Stephen Thompson

Report: Pitt DE Dayon Hayes Charged With Assault
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers received some unpleasant news little more than a day after they had beaten No. 20 Syracuse, 19-9, at home to halt a 1-3 spiral over their last four games. 

Defensive end Dayon Hayes, a promising reserve player for Pitt who appeared in that game, was charged with assault, according to a report from WXPI. The name and date of birth listed on court documents outlining the charges align with Hayes'. 

Police arrived at an apartment on East Hills Drive in Pittsburgh to respond to a call from a woman who said she had been fighting with Hayes, her boyfriend and the father of her child. The woman alleges that Hayes pulled her hair, pressed her head against a wall and refused to let her leave a room in the apartment. 

Hayes has a preliminary hearing scheduled for November 22. 

Inside the Panthers has reached out to the Pitt football team for comment but has not received anything back to this point. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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