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Police: Dance-Floor Pee Move Leads To Storm's Jones Arrest

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By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: March 31, 2008

Updated: 03/31/2008 12:34 pm

TAMPA Tampa Bay Storm player Kenyatta Jones was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer this morning soon after he tried to urinate on The Blue Martini's dance floor, police said.

Kenyatta Jones

Tampa police arrested Jones at the bar, 2223 N. West Shore Blvd., at 2:15 a.m.

Jones is an offensive lineman with the Storm, who play in the Arena Football League. He graduated from the University of South Florida in 2000 and then spent three years in the National Football League playing with the New England Patriots and Washington Redskins.

Police records list Jones as 6-foot-4 and 310 pounds.

Club security told Jones, 29, to leave after he tried to urinate on the dance floor, police say.

Uniformed Tampa police officers working extra duty at the club tried escorting him out, but Jones stopped and tried to go back in, an arrest report states. An officer grabbed Jones' arm, trying to lead him out, and Jones shoved the officer against a door. Another officer used a Taser on Jones.

Nobody was injured, police said.

In addition to the battery charge, Jones was charged with resisting arrest with violence and trespassing.

Jones was taken to Orient Road Jail. His bail was set at $4,500. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Web site shows Jones was released shortly before 11 a.m.

He declined to comment today.

Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691.

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