Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer David Jones has been relieved of his duties as a police officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Jones has been in the news recently when he was charged with assault after he viciously beat up a man who hit his mother's car in a minor traffic accident.
Back in December, Jones's mother, was in her car stopped at a red light when a car driven by 38-year-old Richard McVicker. After the incident, Jones's mother called him to the scene. He was off duty at the time of the accident and when he arrived on the scene, Jones and McVicker got into an altercation. According to McVicker, he tried to talk to the elderly woman, but she refused to speak to him. Then, McVicker said Jones came out of nowhere and threw him to the ground and handcuffed him. At the time of McVicker's arrest, his mug shot revealed the extent of the beating he took from Jones.
CMPD suspended Jones for two weeks without pay and then the department recommended him for termination after an internal investigation. This was not the first time that Jones had been suspended. In fact, he had been previously suspended five different times.
After Jones was suspended because of the assault on McVicker, another individual came forward accusing Jones of beating him up. Thomas Huminik was accused of domestic assault by his wife in the parking lot of a bank. Jones responded to the scene and Huminik claimed that Jones threw him to the ground and punched him as he was exiting the bank. The prosecutor is looking into this case.
In McVicker's case, the prosecutor agreed to drop the misdemeanor assault charge and Jones voluntarily resigned his position with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department. In addition to quitting, Jones also turned over his Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification, which is required for him to be employed as a law enforcement officer anywhere.
