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December 22, 2015

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- A radio shock jock who hosted "Opie and Anthony" is facing charges over a fight with a woman at his New York home. Nassau County police say Anthony Cumia was arrested Saturday after the 26-year-old woman contacted authorities. He was arraigned Sunday on a charge of second-degree strangulation...

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Anthony Cumia
Anthony Cumia

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- A radio shock jock who hosted "Opie and Anthony" is facing charges over a fight with a woman at his New York home.

Nassau County police say Anthony Cumia was arrested Saturday after the 26-year-old woman contacted authorities.

He was arraigned Sunday on a charge of second-degree strangulation.

A judge released him without setting bail but ordered him to stay away from the woman.

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He's due back in court in January.

His attorney, Alan Schwartz, said Cumia "emphatically denies the allegations."

The 54-year-old Cumia was fired by satellite radio company SiriusXM last year after he took to Twitter to complain in obscenities a woman had punched him in the face.

Sirius called his remarks "racially charged" and "hate-filled."

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