Chandler Jones was recently released from the Las Vegas Raiders after being arrested for allegedly violating a protection order granted to a woman. The four-time Pro Bowler had not played this season after a series of social media posts that led to him being placed on the non-football illness list.
Tashan Reed of The Athletic recently shared new details of Jones’ arrest, writing:
The protection order Jones is accused of violating was granted after 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 that Jones knocked on her door with a flashlight and no shoes on.
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.
She told police Jones was “rambling incoherently,” the report says, and she believed he was on drugs. He went downstairs and took his dog before leaving. When paramedics arrived, the woman refused care and said she was uninjured, but did report the domestic violence. The report states that there are phone recordings and surveillance videos.
Reed added that while Jones denied the accusation of battery, the woman was granted a three-month protective order. While he had not been charged with a crime, the situation was far from over, as Jones reportedly returned to the woman’s home soon after the protective order was issued.
What led to Chandler Jones’ arrest?
Despite having a protective order against him, Chandler Jones reportedly returned to the woman’s house, leading to his arrest, according to the same article from Tashad Reed of The Athletic, who wrote:
According to a second police report, on Sept. 28, officers were called to respond to a family disturbance. The caller said she had an active protection order against Jones, and he was currently inside her backyard and in violation of the order.
By the time officers arrived, the man she identified as Jones was gone. The protection order had been served to Jones earlier that day, and in response, he began to send the victim messages on Snapchat. Later that day, she saw on her home security footage that Jones was at her home, and that he went into the backyard and took items before leaving, according to the report.
Afterward, she said she received videos of Jones via Snapchat showing him burning the items. When officers were able to locate Jones, they arrested him and charged him with two counts of violating a temporary protection order for domestic violence. A court date has been set for Dec. 4.
While Jones had been away from the team since early September, the organization parted ways with the two-time first-team All-Pro following his arrest. The Las Vegas Raiders and owner Mark Davis have long held a no-tolerance stance towards domestic violence as the issue hits close to the franchise.
In 1999, Tracey Biletnikoff, the 20-year-old daughter of Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver and Raiders great Fred Biletnikoff, was found strangled to death. Her boyfriend, Mohammed Haroon Ali, was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to 55 years to life in prison after admitting to strangling her with a T-shirt over an argument over whether he had relapsed.