A high-ranking official in the U.S. Marshal Service has been placed on leave after he was arrested for allegedly beating his wife, the Washington Examiner reported Tuesday.
Sylvester E. Jones, Assistant Director of the Marshal Service’s Witness Security Division, was arrested earlier this month Prince George’s County police on charges he assaulted his wife, Alicia Jones.
According to court records, Alicia Jones told police her husband hit her with a car door and that she suffered ongoing abuse. The two filed for divorce in March.
A spokesman for the U.S. Marshal Service told the Examiner that Sylvester Jones has been placed on leave until his court hearing next month.
Sylvester Jones told the Examiner that his wife’s allegations are baseless. “I was set up by the woman I was married to, who happens to be with another guy, and I hope to have it settled in court,” he said.
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I am hopeful the Main Justice website will post the results to the story listed May 25, 2010 about me a Top US Marshal falsely charged with assualting my wife. Please post the results to the story you posted. Thanks Sylvester Jones
Sylvester E. Jones
Top U.S. Marshal found not guilty of domestic violence
By: Scott McCabe
08/23/10 9:00 PM
A top official with the U.S. Marshals’ fabled witness protection program was acquitted of charges that he beat his wife, his attorney announced Monday. Prince George’s County Judge Robert Wilson Heffron found Sylvester E. Jones not guilty of domestic violence charges arising from an incident in May. “I feel vindicated,” Jones said following Heffron’s Aug. 3 finding. “This has been a tremendously difficult time for me, my family, my friends and colleagues, and although I never lost faith in our judicial system, the final ruling is deeply gratifying.” For the last five years, Jones has headed the U.S. Marshal’s Witness Security Program, the program that protects, relocates and gives new identities to thousands of witnesses and their family…
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By: Scott McCabe
08/23/10 1:15 PM
A top official with the U.S. Marshals fabled witness protection program was acquitted of charges that he beat his wife, his attorney’s announced Monday. Prince George’s County Judge Robert Wilson Heffron found Sylvester E. Jones not guilty of domestic violence charges arising from an incident in May. “I feel vindicated,” said Jones following Heffron’s Aug. 3…
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