Kevin Jones was on desk duty while the investigation was going on. The chief said he is now suspended without pay.

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A Cincinnati police officer has been indicted on felony charges for the second time in two years.The Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office said that on Monday, Officer Kevin Jones was indicted on charges of felonious assault and tampering with evidence, plus misdemeanor charges of obstructing official business and using a weapon while intoxicated.Watch this storyThe charges stem from a fight at the Dynasty Lounge on Sept. 6.Jones was previously arrested in 2012, accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend.He was suspended and fired from the police department, but was reinstated after the cases against him were dropped."The arbitrator's decision brought his job back and that was before my tenure as chief. But I do know that he did win his arbitration and was brought back, and since that time to now, has had this issue which is very serious so he's got a lot to deal with," Chief Jeffrey Blackwell said."The message that I want to give is that we hold our cops to a very high standard and that we're gonna treat him like we would any other officer in this situation. Clearly he has due process, he has constitutional rights and no one is going to infringe upon those, but we take it very seriously," Blackwell said.Jones was on desk duty while the investigation was going on. The chief said he is now suspended without pay."It's very serious for him and his family and it's a very serious thing for us as an agency, because what happens to any officer anywhere affects us everywhere. So police officers need to be mindful of that and live to a higher standard," Blackwell said.Jones' disciplinary file also showed he was disciplined in April 2013 for testing positive for barbiturates.