Report: Jon Jones Accussed Of Misdemeanor Charge Of Leaving The Scene Of An Accident, Criminal Summons Filed
Jon Jones hit with a criminal charge.
The ABQ Journal reports that a criminal summons was filed on Tuesday, accusing Jon Jones of a misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of an accident in February. Jones has been called to appear for a bond arraignment on July 24 in Metropolitan Court.
From ABQ Journal:
The criminal complaint stated an Albuquerque Police Officer was investigating a traffic crash near San Mateo and Lomas when she came across a woman in the front passenger seat of one of the cars “exhibiting signs of significant intoxication and lacking clothing from the waste down.”
The woman reportedly said Jones was the driver, but fled the scene on foot. She then called Jones, the complaint stated, and a police service aide spoke to the man on the other end of the call believed to be Jones. He “appeared to be heavily intoxicated and made statements implying his capacity to employ lethal force through third parties” to the PSA, the court record stated.
The PSA requested backup after what was believed to be a threat, when a police officer then talked to Jones and said similar “allusions to violence” were made.
The man on the phone never answered direct questions about whether he was Jones, the complaint stated.
When interviewed in person a few days after the crash, Jones said the woman found in the car had left his house earlier in the day intoxicated and called him after getting in the crash, at which time Jones said the person she handed the phone to “immediately opened the conversations with unprofessional language, which led him to doubt the legitimacy of the individual’s claim.”
The woman later told police she drank alcohol and consumed mushrooms at Jones’ house and recalled needing to change her clothes at his house and “her next recollection was being at the scene of a traffic accident.” She said the last person she remembered driving her car was Jones, the court record indicated.
Police said Jones called the woman’s phone 13 times from the time of the crash until 11:34 a.m. the following morning and that text messages from his phone were included, though could not be “captured” in call detail records.
The police report indicated the crash happened Feb. 21, but also in one place stated an officer conducted follow-up interviews on Jan. 24.
Jones announced his retirement from MMA on Saturday, June 21.
