Chandler has never tested positive for anything.
January 14, 2016
A shirtless Chandler Jones got down on his knees behind the Foxborough police station Sunday morning and appeared to be “actively praying or worshipping’’ as officers approached him, according to newly released police documents.
The documents shed some light on what happened with the Patriots defensive end after a Foxborough police officer
deleted portions of the official police log about the encounter, which may have violated public records law. Police have called the incident a “medical emergency.’’
In a memo to Chief Edward T. O’Leary, Officer David J. Foscaldo reported that a large black man wearing sweatpants and no shirt ambled into the parking lot at 7:40 a.m.
“In a very hurried and haphazard-like fashion, I saw this man randomly scurry through a portion of the parking lot where our police cars are parked,’’ Foscaldo wrote. “This man suddenly made a ‘b-line’ for our police station’s rear door.’’
Suddenly, Foscaldo wrote, the man got down on his knees, laced his hands behind his head and held the position.
“It was like this man was trying to surrender (he was literally ‘as stiff as a board’/he was both upright and rigid),’’ the officer wrote.
Then Jones slowly got onto the ground, and it appeared as if he was “actively praying or worshipping,’’ Foscaldo said. Jones repeated this movement at least twice.
Foscaldo and another officer ran toward Jones, who by this time was lying on the ground, his arms spread by his side. He watched the officers approach him.
Parts of the report are redacted, including what happened after Foscaldo and another officer grabbed Jones’ arms. Several lines are blacked out after Jones told the officers who he was and that he had “been told’’ to come to the police station.