Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Matt Jones faces a felony drug charge in Fayetteville, Ark., after police say he was inside a car cutting up cocaine with a credit card.
Jones, 25, and two other men were arrested early Thursday. A police report said officers approached the car and an officer drew his handgun after Jones did not immediately show his hands.
Police said they searched the vehicle and found a plastic bag filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine and a jar with possible marijuana residue.
Jared Hicks and Benjamin Cook were also arrested on misdemeanor drug charges.
Jones was released from the Washington County jail on $2,500 bond. His arraignment on a charge of felony possession of a controlled substance was set for Aug. 11, two days after Jacksonville's exhibition opener against Atlanta.
Police said six grams of cocaine was found. The threshold for potential charges of possession with intent to deliver is one gram. However, prosecutor John Threet said there was no evidence that Jones intended to deal the drug.
Teddy Dupay, who played on Florida's runner-up team in the 2000 NCAA basketball tournament, was charged with beating and raping a woman last month in Park City, Utah.
Dupay acknowledged in court documents that he and the woman got "a little rough" but denied rape. The woman said she and Dupay had a two-year relationship, although it was not clear whether they were still a couple when police were called to a lodge June 19.
Investigators say the woman had two fractured ribs, bruises on her arm, shoulder and thigh a swollen left eye and scratches on her back. The woman said Dupay kicked and punched her repeatedly before she was raped, according to court documents.
Jacksonville Jaguars defensive back Brian Williams has been found not guilty of drunk driving. Had he been convicted, Williams faced up to a year in jail.
Olympic swimmer Erik Vendt filed a counterclaim in federal court in Santa Ana against TYR Sport for breach of contract and slander. Vendt -- along with the parent company of Speedo (Warnaco Swimwear, Inc.), USA Swimming and its Coach Mark Schubert -- had been sued in May by TYR, which alleged a conspiracy among the parties to steer swimmers to Speedo suits.
At issue is a clause in Vendt's contact with TYR, which allowed him to wear a suit from another manufacturer "without forfeiting compensation, if TYR's swimsuit was not reasonably comparable to a competitor's suit."
