Jon Jones, the recently retired fighter, faces a misdemeanor charge for allegedly leaving the scene of an accident in Albuquerque. His attorney, Christopher Dodd, asserts that Jones was not driving and argues that the woman involved fabricated the allegations to evade DWI charges. Dodd criticized the Albuquerque Police Department for pursuing the case and seeking a warrant for Jones' cell phone records, suggesting police misuse of resources. The case will be addressed during Jones' upcoming bond arraignment in July.
As Jon's lawyer, I am stunned by the Albuquerque Police Department's decision to charge him in this new case. In the thousands of cases I have handled in my career, I have never seen a case as strange and unwarranted as this one.
It appears that an intoxicated woman used a false allegation against Jon to avoid being arrested for DWI, and the police fell for it.
The only thing I can think of is that the police were targeting Jon for improper purposes. We will get to the bottom of it and make sure that this baseless case is dismissed.
Based on the criminal complaint, it looks like they went so far as to seek a warrant for Jon's cell phone records while conducting a misdemeanor traffic investigation.
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