UFC star arrested in Las Vegas

Ultimate Fighting Championship combatant Jon Jones was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center connected Friday connected suspicion of home battery, jailhouse records show.

Jones, 34, faces a misdemeanor complaint of home artillery and a felony number of injuring oregon tampering with a vehicle, with damages of $5,000 oregon more, according to Las Vegas Justice Court records. He was booked astatine the Southern Nevada jailhouse nether the sanction Jonathan Jones.

Las Vegas constabulary spokesperson Larry Hadfield said the apprehension unfolded arsenic a effect of events astatine “a edifice astatine Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard” connected Friday morning. He declined to elaborate.

This is not the archetypal run-in with instrumentality enforcement for the beleaguered erstwhile lightweight champion.

He was past arrested successful March 2020 aft officers responded to reports of shots fired successful downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, and recovered intoxicated successful his vehicle. He was cited for DWI, possession of an unfastened instrumentality and negligent usage of a firearm.

Jones had his loop revoked by the UFC arsenic a effect of his engagement successful a hit-and-run mishap successful Albuquerque successful 2015 erstwhile helium was charged with a felony for injuring a large pistillate and purposely leaving the country of an accident. He yet pleaded blameworthy to a lesser charge.

He pleaded nary contention to a artillery complaint successful 2019 that stemmed from accusations by a waitress an an Albuquerque portion nine that Jones slapped and choked her aft she asked him to halt touching her.

He besides pleaded blameworthy to DUI charges successful 2012 erstwhile helium was inactive surviving successful New York.

He has not competed since a triumph implicit Dominick Reyes successful February 2020. After the victory, helium vacated the loop and announced his volition to determination up to heavyweight. Jones was successful negotiations to situation for the heavyweight title, but nary combat has travel to fruition.

Jail records bespeak Jones has a tribunal quality successful Las Vegas Justice Court scheduled for Saturday astatine 1:30 p.m.

Contact Glenn Puit astatine gpuit@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-0390. Follow @GlennatRJ connected Twitter. Review-Journal unit writer Adam Hill contributed to this report.