Suspended NFL player Adam “Pacman” Jones will surrender to authorities in Nevada and fight felony charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting.
Lawyers for the Tennessee Titans cornerback disclosed their client’s plans Thursday. Attorneys Manny Arora and Robert Langford, however, said they had no information about a deadline of noon Friday set by police.
Arora said he was working with Clark County District Attorney David Roger’s office on arrangements for Jones to surrender Friday or Monday in Las Vegas. Roger declined comment and said police were handling negotiations.
Las Vegas police Capt. James Dillon confirmed that authorities gave Jones, Sadia Morrison and Robert Reid until midday Friday to turn themselves in or face arrest in the melee at the Minxx strip club that took place during the NBA All-Star Game weekend.
Police have described Reid as Jones’ bodyguard, and Morrison as a member of an entourage of about six people who arrived with Jones before the pre-dawn Feb. 19 fracas at the club, several blocks off the Las Vegas Strip.
The charges in Las Vegas have cast more doubt on Jones’ playing status with the Titans. Since he was drafted in April 2005, he has been arrested five times — although he has not been convicted of any crimes. Jones has been involved in at least 11 separate police investigations, authorities say, and is currently sought by Atlanta-area police for questioning in a shooting early Monday after a fight at a strip club there.
The NFL and Titans owner K.S. “Bud” Adams Jr. declined comment about Jones until he serves at least 10 weeks of his season-long suspension.
The 23-year-old player faces two counts of felony coercion stemming from accusations he threatened to kill Minxx club employees and that he bit a bar bouncer.