Police arrested a New England Patriots player at Boston's Logan Airport after they found two guns in his carry-on luggage
- Police arrested New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones in Boston's Logan Airport on Friday.
- Jones is charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, police said.
Police arrested New England Patriots cornerback Jack Jones Friday at a security checkpoint at Boston's Logan Airport after two guns were found inside his carry-on luggage, Massachusetts State Police said.
Police arrested the 25-year-old on Friday evening, WCVB-TV reported. Jones had been planning to travel from Boston to Arizona, according to police.
Jones is facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, possession of a large-capacity feeding device, and possession of ammunition without a firearm identification card, according to The Associated Press. He was booked at the State Police Logan Airport Barracks and had bail set at $50,000, police said.
Jones will be arraigned in East Boston District Court next week, police said.
The Massachusetts State Police did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Saturday.
The Patriots said in a statement that the team was aware of Jones's arrest.
"We are in the process of gathering more information and will not be commenting further at this time," the statement said.
The Patriots drafted Jones in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft. In college, Jones played for the University of Southern California and Arizona State University.
In 2019, Jones was named an All-Pac 12 player after recording 46 tackles, 13 passes defended, and three interceptions for Arizona State.
Jones's arrest follows the 25-game suspension of NBA star Ja Morant for off-court controversies related to guns. Morant was suspended for the second time this year after a second video appeared to show him holding a gun surfaced on social media.
The NBA previously suspended Morant for 11 days after he appeared on an Instagram Live video from a strip club waving a gun.
The NBA Player's Union called Morant's suspension — which will last nearly one-third of the upcoming season — "excessive and inappropriate."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.