Bengals’ cornerback Adam Jones avoids jail term exchange for extra community work – NFL News
Cincinnati Bengals’ cornerback Adam Jones has skipped the possible jail term he had been facing due to his conduct in a bar scuffle, and will serve extra community service instead.
The district attorney in Las Vegas said that they would not seek a jail term for the 'paceman' and that he will be doing community service on top of the 200 hours he has already served.
The 28-year old cornerback has been awarded with the punishment of extra 75 hours of additional community work, Attorney David Roger said.
Jones had been accused of pulling away from police after being reported for his role in a scuffle in a bar in Cincinnati. The allegations made against him were at the time when he had already been serving a judge order who had asked the player to stay out for any trouble. He faced a trial in Ohio on misconduct and resisting arrest charges.
However, the attorney said that he had discussed the issue with prosecutors and reviewed all the allegations. “Even if there were a conviction in that case, I don’t think we could convince a judge here to revoke probation,” Roger said Tuesday.
Meanwhile Jones' attorney said that the player had already completed 200 hours of community work at Special Olympics Of Northern Kentucky, while his probation was due to end on 23rd February next year.
Adam Jones had been accused for inciting the melee in a strip club brawl by throwing money from a plastic bag. It all started from a shooting.
The player was ejected from the club, and according to the police Jones had a brief meeting with the accused shooter before opened the fire. However, the player had denied the charges. Instead he pleaded an equivalent of no contest to misconduct.
The shooter Arvin Kenti Edwards is serving ten-year imprisonment for his plea to attempted murder. His plea avoided the trial. The enabled the main accused, Edwards, the admission to guilt. He acknowledged that the prosecutors would be able to prove a case against him.
As a result of the admission by Jones of the conspiracy to disorderly conduct. This led to drop of two felony coercion charges against him.
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