The current UFC light heavyweight champion was arrested Thursday morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico for a suspected Driving While Intoxicated charge. According to police records- The officer found a quarter-full open bottle of alcohol in the car and the reporting officer also found a loaded handgun.
ESPN‘s Brett Okamoto reported Jones needed a wheelchair to get the return to the locker room after his fight against Saint Preux and later relayed
Jon Jones returns to the Octagon on April 23 was his first fight since the UFC stripped him of his light heavyweight title and suspended him after he turned himself in to the police on felony hit and run charges.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME!!
This isn’t the first time Jones has run into issues with the police. In 2015, Jones was stripped of his light heavyweight title and suspended indefinitely from the UFC after he pleads guilty to a hit and run case, for which he was put on probation. He was reinstated to the UFC later that year. Last year, he was charged with battery after allegedly assaulting a cocktail waitress in a strip club, slapping her in her genital area and putting her in a chokehold. He took a plea deal in October.
STRICT ACTION AGAINST REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN ALBUQUERQUE!!
According to police records, the officer found a quarter-full open bottle of alcohol in the car. The reporting officer also found a loaded handgun beneath the driver’s seat and a spent bullet casing in and around the vehicle, according to the report.”As part of the investigation into this incident, our Gun Violence Reduction Unit will test the firearm and bullet casing to determine whether the gun has been used in any crimes,” said Gilbert Gallegos, a spokesman for the Albuquerque Police Department. “Reducing gun violence in Albuquerque is our top priority.”
The UFC legend has previously been in hot water after he was arrested for drink driving in 2012 and pled guilty to DUI. Jones crashed his Bentley into a telephone pole while he was in upstate New York.
COMMENTS OF FORMER UFC FIGHTER!!
Former UFC fighter Ben Askren tweeted out after Jones’ arrest: “For the life of me I can’t figure out why he doesn’t hire a buddy and pay him $50k a year to be his driver.”
