ONE OF THE TOP FIGHTERS IN HIS SPORT COULD MAKE A COURT APPEARANCE IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY. JON “BONES” JONES WAS WANTED ON A FELONY CHARGE OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF A SUNDAY MORNING ACCIDENT AT JUAN TABO AND SOUTHERN SOUTHEAST THAT INJURED A PREGNANT WOMAN IN HER 20S. HE TURNED HIMSELF IN TO POLICE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND BONDED OUT OF JAIL MONDAY NIGHT.
APD’S TANNER TIXIER SAYS POLICE BELIEVE THE VEHICLE THAT HIT HER CAR WAS DRIVEN BY THE U-F-C LIGHT-HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION. HE SAYS ONE OF THE WITNESSES ON SCENE WAS AN OFF-DUTY OFFICER WHO IDENTIFIED THE MALE SUBJECT AS JONES.
JONES’ BOND WAS 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH. TIXIER SAYS HE INITIALLY FLED THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT AFTER GRABBING A HANDFUL OF MONEY FROM THE RENTAL VEHICLE HE WAS DRIVING.
