Jags WR Jones arrested on felony drug charges

Gerk · #1 07-10-2008, 10:08 AM

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Fayetteville police say Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones was arrested early Thursday on a felony drug charge after officers found him in a parked car, cutting up what was suspected to be cocaine

police report said officers approached the car and found Jones inside, using a credit card to chop up a white substance. Police said an officer drew his handgun after Jones did not immediately show his hands.

Police said they found a jar with possible marijuana residue inside the car and a plastic bag of what was likely cocaine. Officers say Jones admitted he had cocaine.

According to a report by the Florida Times-Union of Jacksonville on its Web site, police said 6 grams of the white substance later tested positive for cocaine.

Police say two others inside the car, Jared Hicks and Benjamin Cook, were also arrested on misdemeanor drug charges.
Jones, who is 25, was being held in the Washington County Detention Center on Thursday pending a court hearing, said Kelly Cantrell, a spokeswoman for the county's sheriff's office, according to the report.
Jones, who has spent all three of his NFL seasons with the Jaguars, was a quarterback at the University of Arkansas, which is in Fayetteville. Last season in Jacksonville, he caught 24 passes for 317 yards and four td's