Former Cowboy Joseph Randle jailed on speeding charge after showing up at ex’s home in Irving
Matt Peterson
Former Dallas Cowboy Joseph Randle was booked into the Irving Jail early today on a speeding charge.
Randle, 24, was arrested about 3 a.m. in the 1700 block of Finley Road near the home of his ex-girlfriend, Irving police spokesman James McLellan said.
McLellan said Randle showed up at the home hoping to get some sleep before driving back to Kansas, where he’s from. He rang the doorbell but was not welcome there, so the residents called police, McLellan said.
When police arrived, they ran a standard warrant check and determined that Randle was wanted for speeding in Coppell.
He was taken into custody, and his bail was set at $359.
This is just the latest in a series of run-ins with the law for the former Oklahoma State running back, who was released by the Cowboys last fall.
In October 2014, Randle was arrested at Stonebriar Centre mall after Frisco police said he tried to take a bottle of cologne and a pack of underwear from Dillard’s. Randle, who called it “the biggest mistake of my life,” received deferred adjudication and his misdemeanor theft charge was later dismissed.
Randle was arrested again in February 2015 in Wichita, where police responded to a domestic violence call from his hotel room.
The Wichita native told police the incident stemmed from an argument with his ex-girlfriend, Dalia Jacobs, who is the mother of his 2-year-old son. Randle was cited for marijuana possession, but the drug charge was later dropped.
In April, Kansas authorities said Randle wouldn’t face felony charges for domestic violence after they investigated allegations from Jacobs that he pointed a gun at her and her friend. The district attorney in that case said there was a lack of evidence.
Three weeks after his release from the Cowboys, Randle was again in a Kansas jail cell, after a dust-up at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan.
According to The Wichita Eagle, he was ultimately charged with four misdemeanors in that case: two counts of disorderly conduct, one count of criminal trespass and one count of resisting arrest.