{"id":696017,"date":"2026-05-27T00:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696017\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T00:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:36:14","slug":"packers-rb-josh-jacobs-arrested-tuesday-on-5-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696017\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers RB Josh Jacobs arrested Tuesday on 5 charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Green Bay Packers<\/a> running back Josh Jacobs<\/a> was arrested in northern Wisconsin on Tuesday and booked into the Brown County Jail, per a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Hobart-Lawrence Police Department was dispatched for a disturbance involving Jacobs on May 23, 2026.<\/p>\n

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The running back was arrested on Tuesday booked on five charges. The investigation is active and ongoing, per the police department.<\/p>\n

The Hobart-Laawrence Police Department booked Jacobs on the following charges:<\/p>\n

Battery \u2014 Domestic Abuse<\/p>\n

Criminal Damage to Property \u2014 Domestic Abuse<\/p>\n

Disorderly Conduct \u2014 Domestic Abuse<\/p>\n

Strangulation and Suffocation<\/p>\n

Strangulation and suffocation is a felony assault charge, while the others are misdemeanors, per jail records<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacobs\u2019 attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, released a statement on the running back\u2019s behalf stating that their client denies all allegations. They also asked for \u201cfairness and restraint while the judicial process takes its course.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NFL released a statement<\/a> about the incident. The league said, \u201cWe are aware of the report and have been in contact with the club.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Packers also released a statement<\/a> saying, \u201cAs it is an ongoing legal situation, we will withhold further comment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The running back has been arrested before<\/a>. He was booked in January 2021 following a single-car accident in Las Vegas<\/a> on suspicion of driving under the influence. After further investigation, he was released from custody that day after receiving treatment at a local hospital for injuries sustained during the crash.<\/p>\n

After that incident, he faced a \u201cmisdemeanor charge of failure to decrease speed or use due care under certain circumstances,\u201d but the case was closed after he paid a fine.<\/p>\n

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Jacobs has been in the NFL for seven years. He began his career with the Las Vegas Raiders<\/a>, spending five seasons with the franchise.<\/p>\n

The running back hit free agency after the 2023 NFL season and signed a four-year, $48 million contract with the Packers. He is through two years of the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was arrested in northern Wisconsin on Tuesday and booked into the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,7648,14593,1730,253860,253859,16387,1483,1736,514,253861,82],"class_list":["post-696017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-david-chesnoff","tag-domestic-abuse","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-hobart-laawrence-police-department","tag-hobart-lawrence-police-department","tag-josh-jacobs","tag-las-vegas","tag-las-vegas-raiders","tag-nfl","tag-richard-schonfeld","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}