Las Vegas prosecutors asked police to do more investigating before charges are filed against Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones in a strip-club fight that led to a triple shooting.
“It isn’t that we’re missing things, they just wanted more detailed information,” said Lt. George Castro, leader of the Las Vegas Police Department’s violent crimes unit. “They said there might be more to this than what was recommended.”
Jones told the NFL Network, in an interview that will be broadcast today and Friday, that football means the world to him and also addressed why trouble seems to follow him.
“Like I said, man, it was the people I was hanging around,” said Jones, according to an NFL Network transcript. “I made some bad decisions. I am not living a lie. I promise you that I am on the right track, but I have made horrible decisions about who I am with or who I am going places with.”
These are Jones’ first public comments since the Las Vegas incident.
Las Vegas police have recommended a felony charge of coercion and misdemeanor charges of threat and battery against Jones in the Feb. 19 altercation at Minxx, a club several blocks west of the Las Vegas Strip. The shooting left one man paralyzed.
The Titans are trying to decide whether to keep Jones, the sixth pick overall in 2005.
“We’re equipped to handle it if in fact we have to face the issue or the possibility of Pac not being here,” coach Jeff Fisher said.
Patriots: Contract negotiations with Asante Samuel took an acrimonious turn when the cornerback told the NFL Network he wanted to be traded if things did not change course.
“This is to let everybody know that I’m not happy anymore and things are not going well,” Samuel said. “At first I thought it was going well, but it’s not.”
Samuel added that if a long- term deal is not consummated with the Patriots, and he is not traded, he would be prepared to hold out for the season.
Vikings: Safety Mike Doss, who spent the past four seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, signed with Minnesota.
Cardinals: Arizona re-signed defensive end Antonio Smith to a one-year contract.
