Pacman to Surrender in Nevada
Suspended Tennessee Titan Star Jones To Turn Himself In
Pacman Jones will travel to Las Vegas to surrender to authorities after being charged with two felonies in connection with a triple shooting that left one man paralyzed.
Embattled NFL star Adam “Pacman” Jones will surrender to Las Vegas authorities after being charged with two counts of felony coercion.
Lawyers for the suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback announced Thursday that Jones will go to Las Vegas and fight the charges.
Jones is accused of starting a brawl at a Las Vegas strip club that culminated in a triple shooting, leaving one man paralyzed.
Las Vegas Police Capt. James Dillon said Jones has until noon today to turn himself in, although Pacman’s attorney, Manny Arora, told reporters he didn’t know anything about a specific deadline. He said he was negotiating with the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, and expected Jones to give himself up either today or Monday.
Arora – who complained earlier this week that Pacman was being persecuted – continued his lament Thursday, accusing the Las Vegas Police Department of leaking information concerning the melee. "Police keep saying they want to treat him like everyone else," he said. "It's infuriating. He isn't being treated like everyone else."
According to Clark County authorities, felony coercion is the act of threatening or physically interfering with a person trying to do something that that person has a right or responsibility to do. If convicted, under Nevada law Jones could face a maximum of 12 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Brawl Culminates in Gunplay
The shooting left a part-time employee of the Minxx strip club paralyzed after a gunshot severed his spinal cord. Long Island native Tommy Urbanski remains paralyzed from the waist down. Authorities said Urbanski was reporting to work when he was shot in front of the club.
A Website appealing for donations to defray the cost of Urbanski’s medical care states that Jones was ejected from the club after he threatened several people in the wake of assaulting a woman.
Police said the woman was a dancer who was trying to pick up money Jones had dumped out of a trash bag.
“Just prior to being ejected from the club, along with the rest of Jones's entourage, eyewitnesses allege that Jones made direct death threats to club security personnel who had restrained him, stating they would be ‘dead before the night was over,’” the Website charged.
Within minutes the bouncer involved in the altercation, along with Urbanski and a female patron, were shot outside the front entrance to the club. The shooter is still at large.
Pacman Faces an Array of Other Charges
The charges were filed on the heels of another shooting involving the defensive back – this one after another confrontation at a strip club in suburban Atlanta on Monday morning. DeKalb County Police want to question Pacman about a shooting near Club Blaze. Authorities said Jones exchanged harsh words with several patrons at the club, and suspect members of Jones’ entourage were involved in the gunplay.
He’s also facing charges of felony and misdemeanor obstruction of justice in Georgia stemming from an altercation in February 2006, and similar charges in Tennessee. And Las Vegas detectives want to talk to Jones about another fracas that took place prior to the Feb. 19 shooting at Minxx.
A Magnet for Trouble
Trouble seems to follow Pacman wherever he goes – and that’s why the College Park, Ga., native was suspended for a year by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for violating the National Football League’s player conduct policy. And it seems his teammates are growing tired of his bad behavior.
"We love him a whole lot, but we feel like he don't care about us right now," quarterback Vince Young declared Thursday during a minicamp question-and-answer session Thursday.
