Former Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Chandler Jones’ arrest on Sept. 29 in Las Vegas stemmed from an alleged violation of a protective order issued to an unnamed woman following a Sept. 12 incident, according to police documents obtained by The Athletic on Thursday.
The protective order Jones is accused of violating was issued after officers responded to a report from a woman who claimed she was the victim of domestic violence and that Jones, whom she identified as her ex-boyfriend, was the perpetrator, says the report.
The woman said Jones knocked on her door with a flashlight and no shoes. She said he moved out of the apartment in March, but she thought he was returning a vehicle she had borrowed and opened her garage door. Jones opened the back door using a keypad and said he was going to get his shoes. When he went upstairs and tried to get into her room, she tried to stop him and he pushed her into a railing, according to the report.
She told police that Jones was “talking unintelligibly,” the report said, and she believed he was on drugs. He went downstairs and took his dog with him before he left. When paramedics arrived, the woman refused treatment and said she was uninjured, but reported the domestic violence. The report says there are phone records and surveillance videos.
Later that day, police contacted Jones and said he denied the battery occurred.
According to the police report, the protection order was in effect from September 14th to December 13th.
According to a second police report, officers were called on Sept. 28 to respond to a family disturbance. The caller said she had an active protective order against Jones and he was currently in her backyard violating the order.
When officers arrived, the man, whom they identified as Jones, was gone. The protective order had been served on Jones the same day, and in response, he began messaging the victim on Snapchat. Later that day, she saw on her home security camera footage that Jones was at her home and that he went into the backyard and took items before leaving, the report said.
Afterward, she said she received videos of Jones burning the items via Snapchat. When officers managed to locate Jones, they arrested him and charged him with two counts of violating a domestic violence protective order. A court date has been set for December 4th.
An attempt to obtain police reports on both incidents was initially denied due to an injunction after Jones filed a lawsuit citing privacy concerns. The reports were received by the Athletic early on Thursday evening.
The Raiders released Jones following his arrest on Sept. 29, which was the latest in a series of incidents that occurred involving the four-time Pro Bowler in September.
In early September, he wrote in a social media post that he had recently been hospitalized “against my will” by the Las Vegas Fire Department and later transferred to a behavioral health center. Jones shared photos of what appeared to be diary entries and a patient rights agreement for a mental health facility. Jones went online last week on X, formerly known as Twitter, and made unconfirmed allegations about members of the Raiders organization during a 25-minute monologue.
Las Vegas placed Jones on the non-football illness list on September 20 after he had already been absent from the team for several weeks. He missed the team’s final practice of training camp on August 31, and on September 5, he accused the Raiders on Instagram of banning him from team headquarters, stating, among other things, that he no longer wanted to play for Las Vegas and that he had a problem with coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler. Jones said in a social media post that the Raiders had sent a crisis response team and police officers to his home in Las Vegas.
He also revealed that NFLPA representatives had attempted to contact him. Jones has said numerous times that he wanted to play football but was not allowed to do so. He previously accused Raiders owner Mark Davis of having a “secret” that would reveal why Jones wasn’t on the team.
In a statement last week, the NFL said: “We have been monitoring the matter closely and are in constant communication with the Raiders.”
Shortly thereafter, the Raiders issued their own statement, the first time since Jones’ absence from the team.
“The Raiders hope that Chandler Jones receives the care he needs,” the statement said. “He, his family and everyone involved are in our thoughts. As this is now a legal matter, we will have no further comment.”
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