Jon Jones
Cost Associated To NM Crash Dismissed
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Huge win in court docket this week for Jon Jones … the UFC star’s leaving the scene of an accident cost was dismissed.
Data, obtained by TMZ Sports activities, present New Mexico prosecutors on Wednesday dropped the misdemeanor depend Jones had been dealing with stemming from a February automobile crash.
It is unclear why the matter was dismissed … we have reached out to Bernalillo County officers for remark, however up to now, no phrase again but.
Jones was first hit with the cost in June, after regulation enforcement alleged he bolted from the scene of a wreck on Feb. 21 in Albuquerque.
Cops wrote in court docket docs that whereas they have been investigating a visitors accident, they found a girl within the passenger seat of a automobile who had been “exhibiting indicators of great intoxication and missing clothes from the waist down.” Throughout questioning, she allegedly instructed officers Jones was the driving force of the automobile, however left on foot.
Police video from the scene showed a man sounding like Jones rambling on and on throughout a cellphone name with officers. At occasions in the course of the chat, the man appeared to make threats towards a minimum of one cop.
Jones’ lawyer, Christopher Dodd, known as BS on the entire matter shortly after it was filed … saying in an announcement to us, “Within the 1000’s of instances I’ve dealt with in my profession, I’ve by no means seen a case as unusual and unwarranted as this one.”
“It’s actually unbelievable that the police would waste this quantity of sources on such a case,” Dodd stated. “The one factor I can consider is that the police have been focusing on Jon for improper functions. We are going to unravel it and guarantee that this baseless case is dismissed.”
Dodd’s not but publicly commented on the prosecutors’ newest resolution.
