Ex-Cowboys RB Joseph Randle arrested again, faces another felony charge
Randle was last heard from in March after being arrested for the sixth time in 17 months
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Jared Dubin
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The long, strange tale of former Dallas Cowboys running back Joseph Randle continues. Randle, who was last heard from after being arrested for the sixth time in 17 months, will face a new felony charge of criminal threat, according to the Wichita Eagle.
Per the Sedgwick County court records, Randle allegedly threatened a Sedgwick County Jail deputy while incarcerated on two other pending felony charges.
The deputy was in one of the jail's detention pods shortly after 8 p.m. on May 14 "enforcing the rules" when Randle allegedly "threatened the deputy for doing so," sheriff's spokesman Lt. Lin Dehning said in an e-mail. Specific details of the threat have not been released.
The agency turned the investigation over to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office for possible prosecution. The district attorney decided to charge Randle with one count of criminal threat, which carries a presumptive sentence of five to 17 months in prison.
Randle had previously been arrested for failure to appear in court, and was charged with violations ranging from marijuana possession to aggravated battery to shoplifting.
This time last year, Randle was preparing to become the starting running back for the Cowboys in 2015. He lasted just six games in that role before ceding the spot to Darren McFadden amidst injuries and ineffectiveness. He was released shortly after losing the spot, then arrested and charged with assaulting an officer shortly after that. He was then arrested three more times in early 2016.
