Former Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones may not face jail time following his two domestic violence charges last fall.
Jones’ 90-day sentence was suspended on June 17, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records. The conditions of the sentence suspension dictate that Jones must “stay out of trouble” for six months and have no contact with the victim “with the exception of family court orders.”
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Jones was arrested in Las Vegas in October on one count of violating a temporary protection order for domestic violence, according to jail records. That arrest occurred just a few weeks after he was arrested for two counts of the same charge on Sept. 29. In response, the Raiders released Jones.
The protection order that Jones has now allegedly violated three times was granted to an unnamed woman after an incident that occurred on Sept. 12, according to police documents obtained by The Athletic. Officers responded to a report from a woman alleging she was a victim of domestic battery and that Jones, who she identified as her ex-boyfriend, was the offender, according to the report.
The woman said Jones was not wearing shoes and knocked on her door with a flashlight. She said he’d moved out of the residence in March, but she thought he was returning a vehicle he’d borrowed from her and opened her garage door. Jones opened the back door using a keypad while saying he was getting his shoes. When he went upstairs and tried to go into her room, she went to stop him and he shoved her into a railing, per the report.
The woman told police Jones was “rambling incoherently,” the report said, and she believed he was on drugs. He went downstairs and took his dog before leaving. When paramedics arrived, the woman refused care, said she was uninjured and reported the domestic violence. The report said there were phone recordings and surveillance videos.
The protective order was subsequently granted and valid from Sept. 14 through Dec. 13, according to the police report.
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