UFC’s Jon Jones arrested for domestic violence, vehicle damage
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Former UFC light heavyweight champion arrested in Las Vegas following Hall of Fame induction.
Former UFC champion Jonathan Dwight Jones, popularly known as Jon Jones, has been arrested in Las Vegas after an incident at Caesars Palace and charged with domestic battery and damaging a vehicle.
Details of the incident that led to the arrest of Jones at 5:45am on Friday (22:45 GMT on Thursday) at the Las Vegas Strip resort were not immediately made public by Las Vegas police.
Jail and court records showed Jones, 34, posted $8,000 bail and was due for an initial court appearance on Saturday, with an October 26 date for prosecutors to file criminal charges. The domestic battery charge is a misdemeanour. The vehicle charge is a felony, with damage reported at more than $5,000.
