CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals working again Joe Mixon, a former star at Oakley’s Freedom Excessive College, is once more dealing with a misdemeanor cost of aggravated menacing over allegations that he threatened and pointed a gun at a girl in Cincinnati earlier this yr.
Metropolis police issued an announcement Friday saying that that they had refiled the cost “following the invention of recent proof in the course of the investigative course of” however didn't present additional particulars. The assertion additionally famous no investigatory particulars or proof will probably be disclosed exterior of official courtroom proceedings “to protect a good and neutral judicial course of for all events concerned.”
A warrant for Mixon was issued in February. A police officer’s accompanying affidavit alleged that the 26-year-old pointed a firearm and advised the sufferer: “You ought to be popped within the face. I ought to shoot you, the police (can’t) get me.”
It mentioned the altercation occurred just a few blocks from the Bengals’ stadium on Jan. 21 — the day earlier than Cincinnati beat the Buffalo Payments in a divisional-round playoff recreation — however included no different particulars in regards to the circumstances.
The warrant was dismissed in Hamilton County Municipal Courtroom the day after it was issued. That order mentioned solely that town prosecutor’s workplace requested the dismissal “within the curiosity of justice.”
A press release issued Friday by the Bengals mentioned they had been conscious of the cost and had been “monitoring the scenario.” The crew mentioned it might haven't any additional remark.
Mixon’s agent, Peter Schaffer, didn't instantly reply Friday to a message looking for touch upon the refiling. When the cost was dismissed, he had mentioned, “I actually really feel that police have an obligation earlier than they file fees — due to the injury that may be finished to the individual’s status — to do their work.”
Mixon rushed for 814 yards and 7 touchdowns this season, his sixth. He additionally had 60 receptions for 441 yards, each profession highs, and two touchdowns.
In 2021, he had rushed for profession highs of 1,205 yards and 13 touchdowns for Cincinnati, the place he has spent his complete profession.
Mixon was a second-round draft select of Oklahoma in 2017. A number of groups mentioned they handed on him due to considerations about his character after Mixon punched a feminine Oklahoma pupil within the face in 2014.
He was suspended from the soccer crew for a yr and entered an Alford plea, by which a defendant doesn't admit guilt however acknowledges there's sufficient proof for a conviction. He obtained a deferred sentence and was ordered to carry out neighborhood service and endure counseling.