ROH News: All Charges Against Joey Mercury Dropped

All charges against Ring Of Honor’s Joey Mercury from his All In weekend arrest have been dropped!

It’s been a few months now since we’ve had any updates on the arrest of Ring Of Honor backstage producer Joey Mercury, real name Adam Birch, after he was placed under custody during All In weekend on a warrant from Orange County, Florida (read about that here).

On the morning of All In on September 1st (which he was in town to work behind-the-scenes for), Birch was arrested in Cook County, Illinois and was held on $2,500 bail, later being released just over a week later (see that story here). Today we finally have an update on the situation as multiple outlets have reported that all the charges against Adam Birch have officially been dropped.

At this time, there is still one case that still active, however PWInsider reports that yesterday a motion was filed by the prosecution for ‘Nolle Prosequi’, which translated from Latin means “will no longer prosecute”. Birch has since tweeted out a photo of an official statement from his attorney which reads as follows:

To Whom It May Concern:

I am the attorney of record for Mr. Adam Birch. While I am pleased that his cases have been dismissed based on his actual innocence (not a legal technicality), I want you to know that the fact that he was arrested and charged in two cases in which he was never involved in is an embarrassment to our criminal justice system. The actions of the Winter Park, Florida Police Department represents the sloppiest and most incompetent police work anywhere. Mr. Birch never should have been charged with either of those crimes. A review of the evidence which was on videotape makes it absolutely clear that the perpetrator of the crimes was not Adam Birch. Furthermore, the fact that Adam Birch was not in the United States when the crimes were committed illustrates the absurdity and grave injustice in charging and causing the arrest of Mr. Birch.

While we are grateful that the Orange County State’s Attorney’s office ultimately realized that Mr. Birch was absolutely innocent, it took them too long to do so.

Mr. Birch has suffered irreparable harm to his excellent reputation all because of disgraceful police work. He was arrested in Chicago and subjected to inhumane treatment while he was incarcerated in Chicago and during his transport to Florida from Illinois, before he could post a bond and be released.

On a personal note, I have found Adam Birch to be an absolute gentleman in all of my dealings with him.

All the best,

Jeffrey S. Weiner, Esquire Attorney of Record for Mr. Adam Birch

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