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Jones posted $30,000 bail and is due for an additional listening to in August.
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Patriots cornerback Jack Jones has been launched on bail after attending an arraignment listening to at East Boston District Courtroom on Tuesday.
He posted $30,000 bail and is scheduled for a possible trigger listening to on Aug. 18.
Jones was arrested on Friday after ammunition clips and a pair of firearms have been allegedly present in his carry-on baggage at Logan Airport.
In accordance with The Boston Globe, Jones is dealing with: Two counts of possession of a hid weapon in a safe space of an airport, possession of ammunition with no firearm identification card, illegal possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, and possession of a large-capacity feeding system.
Jones might face as a lot as 30 years in jail, if convicted on all counts, based on the Globe.
“He had no intention of bringing weapons into Logan Airport that day,” Jones’s lawyer, Rosemary C. Scapicchio stated after the arraignment Tuesday, in a video posted by MassLive. “And I anticipate that the proof goes to point out that he had no data of what was occurring.”
Jones performed in 13 video games throughout his rookie season in 2022 however was suspended for 2 video games on the finish of the Patriots’ common season. The Patriots didn’t announce a motive for the suspension.
Jones attended Patriots OTAs and minicamp in current weeks. The Patriots haven’t publicly stated how the arrest will have an effect on Jones’s standing with the staff.
The Patriots chosen Jones within the fourth spherical of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Jones completed his school profession at Arizona State, the place he performed two full seasons and sat out a season on an indefinite suspension resulting from a conduct associated matter.
He was dismissed from USC, the place he started his school profession, due to educational points. Three weeks after his dismissal, he was arrested on a pair of felony housebreaking fees that have been later downgraded to a second-degree misdemeanor.
He served 45 days on home arrest as a part of his plea deal and went on to play at Moorpark School and ASU earlier than becoming a member of the Patriots.
Scapicchio stated social media influences, media protection, and racism within the felony justice system have brought on Jones to be labeled as a thug due to his race, which “virtually received him fired” by the Patriots.
“This isn’t a state of affairs the place Mr. Jones ever needed to be a thug or ever regarded as a thug,” Scapicchio stated. “However, as a result of he’s a younger black man, unexpectedly he’s a thug. That’s what’s occurred right here. There’s no proof of that in any respect and it’s disrespectful to Mr. Jones and everybody else … that is the institutional racism that we take care of day by day within the courtroom system.”
Jones’s possible trigger listening to is scheduled for the day earlier than New England’s Week 2 preseason sport at Inexperienced Bay.
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