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05-21-2003, 10:10 PM
Prosecutors in Scottsdale decided not to pursue charges against Cardinals running back Thomas Jones for an alleged assault last year.
"I didn't think we had a substantial case," Scottsdale police Det. Dan Rincon said. "There's no doubt in my mind that the victim did get beaten up there."
But Jones wasn't the man who delivered the beating, Rincon said. There were no independent witnesses to the event, in which Maurice May alleged that Jones assaulted him at Sanctuary on Nov. 17, Rincon said.
Jones has denied the allegations, saying he was home at the time. Jones played in the Cardinals game that day in Philadelphia and said he went home after the team returned to the Valley that night.
Some speculated about whether the incident could have been the source of a broken hand Jones suffered last fall.
The evidence points against that theory, Rincon said.
Jones reported the injury six days after the fight allegedly took place and would have participated in drills and weight-lifting exercises during that week, Rincon said.
"With the fracture that he suffered, it would be excruciating to tolerate," Rincon said. "He wouldn't have been able to hide it."
Jones told the team Nov. 23 that he had suffered the broken hand while answering the phone the night before. His mother accompanied him to the Cardinals' Tempe facility and confirmed her son's story, according to team officials.
The Cardinals placed Jones on the injured list and did not pay him for the final five games of the season because the injury was not related to football. Jones has one year left on his contract, but the club is trying to trade him.
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"I didn't think we had a substantial case," Scottsdale police Det. Dan Rincon said. "There's no doubt in my mind that the victim did get beaten up there."
But Jones wasn't the man who delivered the beating, Rincon said. There were no independent witnesses to the event, in which Maurice May alleged that Jones assaulted him at Sanctuary on Nov. 17, Rincon said.
Jones has denied the allegations, saying he was home at the time. Jones played in the Cardinals game that day in Philadelphia and said he went home after the team returned to the Valley that night.
Some speculated about whether the incident could have been the source of a broken hand Jones suffered last fall.
The evidence points against that theory, Rincon said.
Jones reported the injury six days after the fight allegedly took place and would have participated in drills and weight-lifting exercises during that week, Rincon said.
"With the fracture that he suffered, it would be excruciating to tolerate," Rincon said. "He wouldn't have been able to hide it."
Jones told the team Nov. 23 that he had suffered the broken hand while answering the phone the night before. His mother accompanied him to the Cardinals' Tempe facility and confirmed her son's story, according to team officials.
The Cardinals placed Jones on the injured list and did not pay him for the final five games of the season because the injury was not related to football. Jones has one year left on his contract, but the club is trying to trade him.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/cardinals/0521cards0521.html