Joe Mixon Aggravated Menacing Case Dismissed

Joe Mixon is within the clear in his aggravated menacing case — not less than, for now — prosecutors dismissed the cost towards the Cincinnati Bengals star on Friday … although there’s nonetheless an opportunity they might re-file it at a later date.

Officials from the Cincinnati City Prosecutor’s Office requested a choose to log out on the case’s dismissal early Friday morning … and simply minutes in the past in a Cincinnati courtroom, Hamilton County Judge Curt Kissinger did simply that.

“I will sign the entry of dismissal,” the choose mentioned on the listening to. “And the warrant will be recalled subject to further filing by the City of Cincinnati.”

Prosecutors mentioned within the courtroom they had been asking for dismissal as a result of they wanted “additional investigation before we would move forward with this case.”

They famous the alleged sufferer want to nonetheless go ahead with the cost “if we do decide to refile it.”

As we reported, an arrest warrant for a misdemeanor depend of aggravated menacing was issued for Mixon on Thursday … after officers alleged he pointed a firearm at a girl on Jan. 21 and informed her, “You should be popped in the face, I should shoot you, the police can’t get me.”

Mixon’s rep, Peter Schaffer, mentioned in an announcement following the courtroom submitting, “It was a rush to judgment.”

“I really feel that police have an obligation before they file charges — because of the damage that can be done to the person’s reputation — to do their work,” Schaffer added.