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Check this out – Patriots' Jack Jones 'may face more than 30 years in prison if convicted & sentence

New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones is facing a lengthy prison sentence if the judge

in his case chooses to have him serve his time consecutively in the event of a guilty verdict.

This comes just days after Jones was arrested at Boston's Logan Airport after two firearms were found inside his carry on luggage.

Speaking to the Boston Globe, a spokesman for the Suffolk County District Attorney's office said, 'If [Jones] were convicted and sentenced consecutively on each charge, he'd face more than 30 years in prison.'

The Globe says that Jones faces, 'two counts each of possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport, possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, and possession of a large-capacity feeding device.'

Jones is expected to be arraigned on Tuesday in East Boston Municipal Court.

The Globe notes that it's rare a judge would sentence someone consecutively to charges and it's much more common for that time to be served concurrently.

Jones, a native of Long Beach, California, was 'ticketed for travel to Los Angeles International Airport' according to the TSA.

A Massachusetts State Trooper was called around 5:30pm local time on Friday to a security checkpoint in Logan's Terminal B.

The guns were discovered 'during the routine X-ray screening,' the TSA said in a statement.

Jones was booked into the barracks at the airport and bail was set at $50,000, said the Globe.

Some experts that spoke to the Globe said that it's unlikely that the case could see a full trial unless there were extraordinary reasons Jones could prove his innocence.

Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University told the Globe, 'Unless there are some unusual circumstances that the defendant could claim, e.g. someone else packed his bag, I think most defense attorneys would try to pursue a plea bargain to resolve this case quickly, and for a punishment far short of the maximum sentence.'

This is not the first time that Jones has had run ins with the law. Back in 2018 in his native Los Angeles, he was arrested at a Panda Express in Santa Paula on suspicion of commercial burglary and conspiracy to commit a crime weeks after he had been cut from the roster of the football team at USC. Jones played one season at a junior college before transferring to Arizona State - where he played 24 games in total in the 2019 and 2021 seasons. But Jones also was suspended indefinitely after the 2020 season opener for a 'conduct related matter', the Globe reports. After being drafted by the Patriots last season, Jones said that he 'learned from' his mistakes and was 'looking forward to moving forward.'


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