TPOS Kills Woman, Claims Russian Roulette as Defense

It was Saturday night and DeAngelo Jones, a good boy who done nothing wrong and was about to turn his life around, was about to play a game of Russian Roulette with his girlfriend, Amanda Blevins. He loaded a revolver with one round of ammunition and left the room for a moment. Jones told police that Blevins started to play the game without him, as he could hear the hammer of the gun hitting on empty chambers.

Jones then told police he rushed into the upstairs bedroom and grabbed the gun from her. While it was in his hands, the gun went off and a bullet struck Blevins in the face, Jones told police.

“He said the gun was in his hands when it went off,” Reeve said. “He claimed he was trying to get the gun from her.”

Jones is now charged with involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony; two counts of weapons under disability; and tampering with evidence. He is being held in Middletown City Jail where his bond was raised to $100,000.

After the shooting, Jones reportedly fled the home on foot and threw the gun into the Great Miami River, according to police.

During a search of the house, police found a second revolver that had been reported stolen.

Jones was previously arrested in February, at age 18, after a loaded handgun was found inside his car at Lakota West High School.

In that incident, Jones was found guilty of attempted illegal conveyance or possession of a deadly weapon in a school safety zone. He was sentenced July 31 in Butler County Common Pleas Court to 180 days in jail.

But that jail sentence was suspended and Jones was placed on probation for three years and ordered to attend “corrective thinking classes” and obtain a GED, among other items, according to court records.

Randy Oppenheimer, a spokesman for Lakota Local Schools, said Jones never returned to school following the February arrest.

The Russian Roulette defense. Of course he gon get off.

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