NFL’s Mixon has menacing charge
Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was charged in a warrant with a misdemeanor count of aggravated menacing, according to online court records.
WCPO-TV, which obtained a copy of the warrant, reported that Mixon was accused of pointing a gun at a woman and saying, “You should be popped in the face. I should shoot you, the police [can’t] get me.”
The incident occurred on Jan. 21, the day before the Bengals beat the Buffalo Bills in a divisional-round playoff game, WCPO reported.
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