WASHINGTON — An official who heads the U.S. Marshal Witness Security Program has been acquitted in Maryland of charges that he beat his wife, the Washington Examiner reported.
The Examiner reported that the attorney for official Sylvester E. Jones said last week that his client was found not guilty of domestic violence by Prince George’s County Judge Robert Wilson in suburban Maryland. The judge’s finding was issued Aug. 3.
“I feel vindicated,” Jones said, according to the Examiner. “This has been a tremendously difficult time for me, my family, my friends and colleagues, and although I never lost faith in our judicial system, the final ruling is deeply gratifying.”
Jones told The Washington Examiner in May that his wife’s allegations have “no credibility.”
“I was set up by the woman I was married to, who happens to be with another guy, and I hope to have it settled in court,” he told the paper.
