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DJ Bien-Aime
HOUSTON — Texans security Jimmie Ward was launched from jail Friday, a day after being arrested for the second time in two months.
In accordance with the Montgomery County (Texas) Jail web site, Ward was arrested Thursday on a warrant associated to a felony offense.
Ward will seem in courtroom on Aug. 13 for an data listening to, however the expectation is that the listening to will end in a reset for an additional look at a later date.
On Thursday, Ward’s lawyer, Steve Jackson, instructed KPRC 2, Houston’s NBC affiliate, that Ward was arrested as a result of he examined optimistic for alcohol, which violated the situation of his bond launch. And in consequence, he needed to spend the evening in jail.
Jackson instructed the tv station that Ward was not going through any new allegations and that Ward was not conscious he couldn’t drink alcohol.
The Texans have declined to remark.
Ward was first arrested June 12 at his residence in Magnolia, Texas, on a felony cost of assaulting a household/home member, impeding breath circulation. A girl known as authorities and stated Ward assaulted, strangled and threatened her. An emergency protecting order was filed on the girl’s request. Ward was launched after posting $30,000 bail.
Ward’s lawyer instructed KPRC 2 that the case would go to a grand jury Aug. 31 and that Ward can be “vindicated.”
The NFL stated in June that it was conscious of Ward’s arrest and was involved with the Texans. He has not but participated in coaching camp after being positioned on Houston’s bodily unable to carry out checklist due to a foot damage.
Ward, 34, signed a two-year, $13 million contract with the Texans as a free agent in 2023 after spending his first 9 seasons with the San Francisco 49ers. He joined DeMeco Ryans in Ryans’ first season teaching in Houston after the 2 had labored collectively in San Francisco from 2017 to 2022.
