Chandler Jones was launched by the Raiders final September after dealing with a pair of home violence fees. It sounds just like the cross rusher will finally keep away from jail time, per Taylor Lane of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
After coming into a no-contest plea, certainly one of Jones’ home violence fees was dismissed. The opposite cost resulted in a suspended 90-day jail sentence, and Jones can keep away from jail time “if he stays out of hassle and has no contact along with his sufferer,” in response to Lane. This situation lasts via December 17.
Jones was first arrested in September after violating a short lived safety order in opposition to the mom of his son. The arrest report says that Jones “bought bare and burned the girl’s belongings that he took from her yard,” per Lane. The Raiders launched Jones shortly after this incident. The veteran was arrested once more in October after violating the identical safety order.
Previous to his authorized points, Jones was engaged in a public feud with the Raiders group. The participant was publicly essential of each head coach Josh McDaniels and common supervisor Dave Ziegler, with Jones claiming that he was locked out of the group’s facility. Jones later said that he now not needed to play for the franchise, and he was sitting on the NFI listing earlier than being reduce by the Raiders. Jones signed a three-year, $51M take care of the group in March 2022, however the group solely bought an underwhelming 15-game exhibiting from the previous All-Professional.
Jones had stints in New England and Arizona previous to his tumultuous stint in Las Vegas. The previous first-round decide has 112 profession sacks, 49 of which got here between his 2017 and 2019 campaigns with the Cardinals. It’s been naturally quiet on the Jones entrance since his launch from the Raiders final yr, and with 2024 representing his age-34 season, there’s an excellent probability the sting defender received’t get one other NFL gig. Within the unlikely occasion that he does resurface with a group, he’ll possible face punishment from the league stemming from his two most up-to-date arrests.