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Reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones checked himself into MDC on Friday to begin his court ordered four-day service in a Community Custody Program (CCP), per a report by KRQE News 13 Albuquerque.
Jones, who was arrested for DWI back in March, made a plea agreement to once again avoid jail time for his most recent run-in with Johnny Law. That plea deal includes one year of supervised probation, 90 days of outpatient treatment via video conference, an assortment of fines, 48 hours of community service, and 96 hours in a community custody program (house arrest).
Here are a few rules Jones must follow as he enters house arrest, per the CCP guidelines:
All defendants will wear an ankle bracelet which tracks movement in and out of the home of the inmate on CCP. Clients must remain at home unless permitted by their tracker to be elsewhere. Failure to comply will result in loss of CCP.
All defendants will be subject to random drug testing. If a defendant shows a positive result for ANY ILLEGAL NARCOTIC or ALCOHOL, they will lose their CCP privileges and will be returned to CCP for disciplinary action. The presiding judge in the case will be notified of the violation.
All inmates are subject to random visits to their place of residence or place of employment by the Community Custody Program monitor.
This isn’t the first time Jones has been left to pick up the pieces after breaking the law. The pound-for-pound legend was slapped with a fine and had his license suspended for six months for his DWI in 2012. Three years after that Jones plead guilty and received probation for a hit-and-run accident. He was also suspended by UFC and stripped of his light heavyweight title as a result.
As Jones remains in MDC over the weekend he’ll have time to think about his current relationship with UFC. After demanding “Deontay Wilder money” to fight Francis Ngannou at heavyweight Jones has been in a constant battle with the promotion over fighter pay. He has gone as far as offering up his 205-pound belt if he doesn’t get what he feels he deserves and has even suggested taking a three-year break from competition.
What say you, Maniacs? Do you think Jones is a changed man after this most recent DWI?
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