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Cops: Former NFL receiver swung golf club at wife, daughter

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By STEPHEN THOMPSON | The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 14, 2009

Former FSU and NFL wide receiver Hassan Jones was arrested Monday night on charges he waved a golf club at his wife and daughter, threatening them, and also sat on his daughter until his wife knocked him off her, according to police records.

Jones, 45, of 2885 Sarah Drive, Clearwater, was charged with aggravated assault and felony battery. He was being held without bond because the charges are domestic in nature.

Arrest affidavits say he armed himself with a Callaway Big Bertha driver and started swinging it at his daughter and wife, screaming that he was going to strike them in the head with the golf club. He also hit the walls around them as he made his threats, jail affidavits say.

He is also accused of grabbing his adult daughter by her left arm, pulling her out of her vehicle, and dragging her across some concrete while she was on her knees, the affidavits say. Jones then sat on top of her and held her by her throat until his wife knocked him off her, the affidavits say.

Jones, listed in jail records as being 6-feet 2 inches tall and weighing 235 pounds, is a former standout wide receiver for Florida State University and the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. In 2006, he was charged with drunken driving, and in 1996 he pleaded no contest to a domestic battery charge.

Reporter Stephen Thompson can be reached at (727) 451-2336.

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