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Barkevious Mingo sees second-degree felony charge dismissed, per report
By Keith Farner
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Barkevious Mingo has seen a charge related to allegations of indecency with a child-sexual contact dismissed in recent days, his lawyer told ESPN.
According to Mingo’s lawyer, Chris Lewis, a grand jury in Tarrant County in Texas offered a “no-bill” on the charge, which meant it determined there was not sufficient evidence to prosecute Mingo. Shortly after the incident came to light about 5 months ago, the Atlanta Falcons released the former LSU player.
Mingo signed a one-year contract with the Falcons in March after he played for 5 different teams over the past 5 seasons, including the Chicago Bears in 2020.
“Today’s decision is the first step in restoring Keke’s good name,” Lewis told ESPN. “And [it] successfully brings to a close what has been a painful and uncertain chapter in his life.”
Mingo was arrested in July on a second-degree felony charge. According to an arrest warrant obtained by ESPN at the time, a 13-year-old boy had alleged Mingo pulled at his underwear and touched him inappropriately in 2019.
Mingo, 31, was taken in the first round of the 2013 draft.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
