Court date for ‘Pacman’ rescheduled
Adam "Pacman" Jones won't have to appear in court until October to face charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting, authorities said Friday.
Jones' lawyer, Robert Langford, said he made an initial appearance on Jones' behalf Thursday, while representing a woman charged with Jones and Jones' bodyguard in the Feb. 19 fracas at the Minxx.
Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Tony Abbatangelo waived a scheduled Monday court date and set an Oct. 29 preliminary hearing for Jones, Sadia Morrison and Robert Reid, said Langford, who represents all three defendants.
No one has been charged in a shooting that occurred outside the club minutes after the brawl inside. A bar bouncer was paralyzed, and two other people were left with less serious wounds at the club several blocks off the Las Vegas Strip.
Jones, a cornerback for the Tennessee Titans, faces two felony charges of coercion stemming from allegations he threatened to kill club employees and that he bit a bar bouncer in the melee during the NBA All-Star Game weekend.
Jones faces a maximum of 12 years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
