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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones had gun expenses towards him dropped Tuesday in change for agreeing to 1 yr of pre-trial probation and 48 hours of neighborhood service, in response to court docket paperwork.

Jones had been arrested June 16 after authorities at Boston’s Logan Airport stated they discovered a Glock field with two weapons and ammunition inside a bag with Jones’ identify on it. He was charged with two counts of the next offenses: possession of a hid weapon in a safe space of the airport, possession of ammunition with no firearm identification card, illegal possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm and possession of a big capability feeding system. Jones had pleaded not responsible.

Prosecutors on Tuesday defined the choice to drop expenses towards Jones, stating of their submitting: “It can’t be confirmed past an inexpensive doubt that Mr. Jones had information that he possessed the firearms in his bag on the time of the incident.”

As well as, they famous an exemption for these requiring a firearm identification card and had been “offered documentation and verified that Mr. Jones bought each firearms lawfully within the state of Arizona and has taken steps to develop into a lawful gun proprietor within the state of Massachusetts” inside a mandated 60-day interval.

Jones, 25, had stated Aug. 23 in his most up-to-date interview with reporters after a follow that his plan was to “concentrate on the soccer and let the skin be the skin, and fear about that on the skin. … I hope I am obtainable [Week 1].”

The NFL can nonetheless evaluate Jones’ standing below its private conduct coverage.

The Patriots host the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, and Jones tasks as a backup if these forward of him on the depth chart are wholesome.