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Cincinnati Bengals' Adam 'Pacman' Jones out of jail, questions assault charges

By The Sports Xchange
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones (24) has found himself in trouble with the law again. Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI
Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones (24) has found himself in trouble with the law again. Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI | License Photo

Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was released from jail on bond Wednesday morning -- more than 24 hours after being booked following an alleged confrontation -- and questioned the multiple charges against him.

Jones, 33, was booked into the Hamilton County (Ohio) Jail at 12:25 a.m. ET Tuesday on misdemeanor charges of assault, disorderly conduct and obstructing official business, as well as a felony count of harassment with a bodily substance.

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Jones spent the night in jail while waiting for a blood test, which was not taken until Wednesday morning. He will appear before a grand jury on Jan. 13.

"I'll let everything play out in court," Jones told reporters after being released from jail. "Obviously, without getting into it, none of this makes sense."

Jones was arrested Monday night at a hotel near the Bengals' stadium in downtown Cincinnati. Prosecutors said Jones was pounding on various hotel room doors and pushed and poked a responding security officer in the eye when confronted.

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Jones demonstrated to reporters that he lightly poked someone on the arm.

"For touching a guy, like this, I got arrested," Jones said. "We'll see how it goes. I'm more than (confident) that this will be dismissed pretty soon."

Once arrested, Jones allegedly refused to enter the police car and kicked and head-butted an officer. He also allegedly spit on the hand of a nurse while being booked at the county jail.

Jones was combative throughout the booking process at the Hamilton County Jail and had to be placed in a restraint chair, the Hamilton County sheriff's department said.

Jones also apologized to Bengals fans and hopes to meet with coach Marvin Lewis.

"I'm sorry that this happened. It would be different if I was beating people's (expletive), but for touching someone? Come on, man," Jones said Wednesday.

Jones, the former sixth overall pick of the Tennessee Titans in 2005, was suspended by the NFL for the entire 2007 season and part of 2008 for various off-field incidents.

Jones, a Pro Bowler in 2015, recently completed his 10th NFL season, totaling 66 tackles, one interception and seven passes defensed over 16 games in 2016.

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"Obviously the events of last evening are not something that you want to have happen," Lewis told the Cincinnati Enquirer on Tuesday night during a live internet show. "Unfortunately it did. Our people are investigating that. You don't want charges against any of your people. ... Our people will investigate, our security as well as the law enforcement here locally and it will play out and everything will kind of go from there.

"Adam came here from about a low as you could get and we gave him an opportunity, and he has done well with that opportunity. This latest thing will have to play out."

Jones was ordered to pay $11 million to two Las Vegas strip club employees in 2012 after sending a gunman into the club after leaving the facility. A club manager was paralyzed from the waist down and a bouncer was wounded from the shooting. Jones denied his role in the incident.

In 2011, Jones was accused of disorderly conduct and resisting officers during his arrest at a downtown Cincinnati bar. Jones pled guilty to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.

Jones was also cited for disorderly conduct and arrested on an assault charge in two separate incidents in 2013. He was found not guilty on the assault charge.

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