Overview

• On August 14, Bernalillo County prosecutors filed a nolle prosequi to dismiss a duplicate misdemeanor complaint in Metropolitan Court.
• The primary case charging Jones with leaving the scene of a February crash and using a telephone to threaten or harass an officer remains active in district court.
• Judge Jill Martinez dismissed the original single-count charge and set a bench trial for September 2 to resolve disputed evidence.
• Prosecutors point to a heavily intoxicated, partially unclothed passenger’s statement identifying Jones as the driver and to body-camera audio of threats toward officers.
• Jones and attorney Christopher Dodd maintain the case is baseless, challenging the passenger’s account and the identification of the caller’s voice.