Updated Patriots player overdosed on synthetic marijuana at Gronk’s house
When asked by local beat writer Mike Reiss about how the team might utilize Jones this weekend against Kansas City, Belichick’s bad mood was front and center when he sarcastically said, “We’ll find out on Saturday”. “What I say to the team is between me and the team”. “Like I said, I want to apologize to all the fans and everyone I support, but this weekend is probably going to be – I’m focusing on having probably the biggest game of my life and try just to clear this”. Later on, after the dispatch records had been modified to remove information, according to the Herald, O’Leary said it wasn’t a “police-specific” call, but rather a medical incident, and thus, the details were being withheld due to privacy concerns.
Jones was taken to Norwood Hospital, and was released the same day.
Town officials released further information Thursday, calling it a medical assistance response and saying “there was at no time, any criminal activity”.
According to the newly released documents, an officer encountered a man at the Police Department when the officer arrived at work. “Without any provocation, this man got down on his knees, he interlocked his fingers, and he placed his hands tightly against the back of his head”, the police report read. Police who went to his house said it smelled like burning marijuana.
Police noted Jones had not committed any crimes nor violated any laws or town bylaws. The account, though not a formal police report, sheds more light on Jones’s hospitalization, reportedly for a bad reaction to smoking synthetic weed. An officer went to the home and found the door open, the report said. The team said in a statement that he has not missed practice or any team meetings.
A police report prepared on Thursday noted that “It was evident that the individual was looking for help and assistance”, and moved toward the police-only entrance in a hurried fashion.
Don’t forget: The game’s on 12.
Even if all his weapons are at his disposal, Brady could have trouble evading Kansas City’s pass rush as New England looks to advance to its fifth straight AFC championship game and snap the Chiefs’ 11-game winning streak in Saturday’s divisional playoff game in Foxborough.