The Montgomery Advertiser
The felony escape charge against television reporter Eileen Jones has been dropped, a Montgomery Police Department spokesman said.
Jones was charged with assault third degree and escape third degree after she allegedly ran over a police officer’s foot and then drove off after being arrested.
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Montgomery police detectives consulted with the district attorney’s office and decided that even though probable cause existed, it was best to drop the felony charge considering the circumstances as a whole, said Capt. Keith Barnett, a police spokesman. More…