GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Court docket data present former state Rep. Jewell Jones was arrested Tuesday after he was discovered with two hid weapons inside a Saginaw hospital.
Jones is a Democrat who represented Inkster. He served three phrases within the Michigan Home of Representatives between 2017 and 2022 earlier than he was pressured to vacate his seat by time period limits.
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WJRT-TV was the primary to interrupt the information. Saginaw police instructed the information outlet that Jones was at a Covenant Healthcare facility late Monday when an worker observed the previous lawmaker had a gun.
“Police discovered Jones had two weapons: One in his hoodie pocket and another, an MP5 sub-machine gun, in his backpack,” WJRT reported. “Jones claimed he was acting as a bodyguard for a religious leader at the hospital.”
Michigan residents are allowed to hold hid weapons with a license, however they’re nonetheless prohibited in sure locations, together with sports activities arenas, faculties and hospitals.
Court docket paperwork present Jones faces 4 felony expenses: two felony counts of carrying a hid weapon and two misdemeanor counts of firearm possession on a restricted premises. The felony expenses have a most penalty of 5 years in jail.
Covenant HealthCare offered a press release on the arrest to The Detroit Information on Wednesday:
“Covenant HealthCare takes the safety of our patients, visitors and employees incredible seriously,” the assertion learn. “Thanks to the attentiveness of an employee and the swift response of Covenant Security and the Saginaw Police Department, the situation was resolved quickly and without incident.”
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When Jones was first elected in 2016, he was the youngest individual ever to serve within the Michigan Home. Nonetheless, he has handled authorized troubles in recent times, beginning with a 2021 incident during which he fought with cops throughout a site visitors cease on I-96. Jones finally pleaded responsible to 4 misdemeanors and two felony expenses in that incident. He was sentenced to 2 years of probation as an alternative of serving jail time, however was jailed twice throughout that stretch for allegedly violating the circumstances of his sentence.
