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Rashaun Jones Denied Bail, To Plead Not Guilty On Alleged Murder Charges
RASHAUN JONES AND BRYAN PATA
Former Miami Hurricanes player Rashaun Jones was denied bail and plans to plead not guilty on charges that he murdered former teammate Bryan Pata in 2006, accord- ing to ESPN.
Jones is expected to re- main in jail until his arraign- ment hearing next month, where he’ll plead not guilty officially.
Miami-Dade police ar- rested Jones, now 35, last week and charged him with murder for the 2006 killing of Pata.
Pata was shot to death outside of his apartment com- plex on Nov. 7, 2006, in Kendall, Florida. Police said he was walking toward his building from his car and was shot in the back of the head.
Pata, who was 22 when he died, was a senior defen- sive lineman at Miami and was an NFL prospect at the time. The case went unsolved for 15 years.
Jones had once dated Pata’s girlfriend, and al- legedly had multiple alterca- tions with Pata, according to an ESPN report last year that identified him as a suspect. He skipped a team meeting in the hours after the shooting, too, and changed his cell phone number that day, per the report.
Jones told ESPN last year that he knows police and some of his former team- mates suspected him, but he maintained his innocence.
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T. Y. Hilton Out With
Back/Neck Injury
Indianapolis Colts wide receiver T. Y. Hilton is being evaluated for an upper back/neck injury, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter, and it is uncertain how much time he will miss.
Hilton, 31, has been the Colts' No. 1 receiver through- out his nine seasons in Indi- anapolis, which includes five 1,000-yard campaigns.
A free agent this past off- season, Hilton signed a one- year, $8 million contract to return to Indianapolis. He is guaranteed $8 million and can earn up to $10 million if he reaches incentives. He said he turned down a multiyear
T. Y. HILTON
deal with the Baltimore Ravens to remain with the franchise.
"I wanted to stay here no matter what the cost was," Hilton said in April. "I gave up a lot of money to stay here, and that's what I wanted to do."
Dolphins Top Candidate
To Land Deshaun
Watson Via Trade
The Miami Dolphins have emerged as the front-runner in trade talks for Houston Texans star Deshaun Wat- son, sources told Yahoo Sports.
The Texans are seeking three first-round draft picks and two second-round selec- tions, a team that dropped out of trade discussions with Houston told Yahoo Sports.
Three other teams have also been a part of trade con- siderations, according to sources, including the Denver Broncos, Carolina Panthers and Philadelphia Eagles. The sources said teams have been seeking pick protections in a trade in order to mitigate a
DESHAUN WATSON
potential NFL suspension or criminal prosecution tied to ongoing investigations by the FBI, Harris County prosecu- tor and Houston Police de- partment into sexual assault allegations from multiple women. The NFL also has an ongoing probe into the alle- gations.
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