{"id":51939,"date":"2025-08-08T03:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51939\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:23:09","slug":"texans-jimmie-ward-arrested-for-second-time-since-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51939\/","title":{"rendered":"Texans&#8217; Jimmie Ward arrested for second time since June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bien-aime_dj.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/p>\n<p>DJ Bien-AimeAug 8, 2025, 12:44 PM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon-font-after icon-close-solid-after\" href=\"#\">Close<\/a>DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He&#8217;s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show &#8220;Talkin&#8217; Texans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HOUSTON &#8212; <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"595690b3-2161-4913-a7a7-814af2fd2621\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/hou\/houston-texans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texans<\/a> safety <a data-player-guid=\"254fc782-ec4f-1463-45af-75670711988a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/_\/id\/16717\/jimmie-ward\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmie Ward<\/a> was arrested Thursday evening for the second time in two months.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Montgomery County (Texas) Jail website, Ward was arrested on a warrant for a felony offense. Bail has not been set.<\/p>\n<p>The Texans declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Ward was first arrested June 12 at his home in Magnolia, Texas, after a woman said he assaulted, strangled and threatened her. An emergency protective order was filed at the woman&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Picks<a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45498756\/texans-safety-jimmie-ward-facing-felony-assault-charge\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1505739_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45920388\/texans-cj-gardner-johnson-carted-apparent-leg-injury\" class=\"img-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/r1528906_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<p>The NFL said at that time that it was aware of Ward&#8217;s arrest and was in contact with the Texans. Houston general manager Nick Caserio, asked about Ward&#8217;s initial arrest on the first day of training camp, said the team would &#8220;kind of let the legal process take care of itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will work with the league. We will be compliant on our end, do the best we can,&#8221; Caserio said. &#8220;Whatever the outcome is we&#8217;ll handle it accordingly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ward was placed on the Texans&#8217; physically unable to perform list to start training camp and has not been activated.<\/p>\n<p>Ward, 34, signed a two-year, $13 million contract with the Texans as a free agent in 2023 after spending his first nine seasons with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"985a261f-296c-c95c-32a5-addc4df75001\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/sf\/san-francisco-49ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>. He came over to join DeMeco Ryans in his first season coaching in Houston, as they worked together in San Francisco from 2017 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Ward played 10 games and had an interception. The Texans then gave him a one-year extension in August 2024 but his season was cut short when he sustained a significant foot injury in Week 16 against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"f68f2343-8ceb-7a02-740d-af6338be21d2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/team\/_\/name\/kc\/kansas-city-chiefs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DJ Bien-AimeAug 8, 2025, 12:44 PM CloseDJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. 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