Star NFL running back Josh Jacobs arrested on domestic violence charges

Green Bay Packers moving backmost Josh Jacobs was arrested Tuesday successful Wisconsin connected home unit charges, officials said.

The incidental unfolded conscionable aft 8:30 a.m. Saturday, erstwhile officers were called to a "disturbance complaint" involving Jacobs, according to a news release from the Hobart/Lawrence Police Department obtained by the NFL Network.

On Tuesday, constabulary said Jacobs was arrested and booked into the Brown County Jail connected charges of artillery — home abuse, transgression harm to spot — home abuse, disorderly behaviour — home abuse, strangulation, and suffocation and intimidation of a victim.

Hobart and Lawrence are adjacent towns located successful the Green Bay metropolitan area. Police said the probe was ongoing.

The Packers told CBS News successful a statement, "We are alert of the substance involving Josh Jacobs. As it is an ongoing ineligible situation, we volition withhold further comment."

An NFL spokesperson besides told CBS News successful a connection that it was "aware of the report" and had been "in contact" with the team.

The 28-year-old conscionable completed his seventh NFL season. A first-round draught prime retired of Alabama by the Oakland Raiders successful 2019 conscionable up of their determination to Las Vegas, helium spent his archetypal 5 years with the Raiders earlier signing arsenic a escaped cause with the Packers successful the 2024 offseason.

One of the NFL's premier moving backs, Jacobs was a archetypal squad All-Pro successful 2022, erstwhile helium led the league successful rushing, and has been a three-time Pro Bowl selection. 

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