Joe Mixon is within the clear in his aggravated menacing case — no less than, for now — prosecutors dismissed the cost in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals star on Friday … although there may be nonetheless an opportunity they might re-file it at a later date.

Officers from the Cincinnati Metropolis Prosecutor’s Workplace requested a choose to log off on the case’s dismissal early Friday morning … and simply minutes in the past in a Cincinnati courtroom, Hamilton County Decide Curt Kissinger did simply that.

“I’ll signal the entry of dismissal,” the choose stated on the listening to. “And the warrant will probably be recalled topic to additional submitting by the Metropolis of Cincinnati.”

Prosecutors stated within the courtroom they had been asking for dismissal as a result of they wanted “further investigation earlier than we might transfer ahead with this case.”

They famous the alleged sufferer wish to nonetheless go ahead with the cost “if we do resolve to refile it.”

As we reported, an arrest warrant for a misdemeanor rely of aggravated menacing was issued for Mixon on Thursday … after officers alleged he pointed a firearm at a lady on Jan. 21 and instructed her, “Try to be popped within the face, I ought to shoot you, the police cannot get me.”

Mixon’s rep, Peter Schaffer, stated in an announcement following the courtroom submitting, “It was a rush to judgment.”

“I actually really feel that police have an obligation earlier than they file fees — due to the injury that may be accomplished to the individual’s popularity — to do their work,” Schaffer added.