With the National Football League (NFL) reeling from a spate of violent off-field incidents involving players, the Arizona Cardinals benched Jonathan Dwyer on Wednesday after his arrest on suspicion of assault.
According to a Phoenix police news release, detectives from the department’s Family Investigations Bureau arrested Dwyer in the wake of two separate incidents allegedly involving a 27-year-old woman and 18-month-old child on consecutive days in July at a Phoenix residence.
Police do not name the alleged victims, but said in the release: “Shortly after the incidents occurred the victim left the state with their child.”
Dwyer was booked into the Maricopa County Jail and charged with one count of aggravated assault causing a fracture, one count of aggravated assault involving a minor, two counts of criminal damage, one count of preventing the use of a telephone in an emergency, and assault, police said.
The Cardinals responded swiftly.
“We became aware of these allegations this afternoon when notified by Phoenix police and are cooperating fully,” the team said in a statement. “Given the serious nature of the allegations we have taken the immediate step to deactivate Jonathan from all team activities. We will continue to closely monitor this as it develops and evaluate additional information as it becomes available.”
Dwyer is in his fifth NFL season. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers and signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in March.
Dwyer’s arrest quickly made headlines as it follows high-profile legal cases involving Ray Rice, Adrian Peterson and Greg Hardy.
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