Judge Removes GPS Monitor for Accused Pensacola Youth Counselor

Pensacola, FL (NewsRadio 92.3) -- A judge has removed the GPS ankle monitor from a Pensacola youth counselor awaiting trial on sexual battery charges involving a minor. According to the Pensacola News Journal, Judge Matt Gordon granted the motion Tuesday after Rodney Jones's attorney argued his client cannot afford to pay for the monitoring costs. Prosecutors did not object. Jones is accused of having sex with a sixteen-year-old girl five times while she was a member of his New World Believers HOOPS program, which received more than one-point-seven million dollars from the Escambia Children's Trust. Jones told the judge he has upcoming travel plans to Destin, Atlanta, and New York for business. His next court date is September eighth.