A third incident may have happened the day before, as a suspect matching Barber’s description jumped onto the hood of a car in a Dairy Queen parking lot. Headlines like these are weirdly par for course for America’s Team. Over the years, Cowboys players have been arrested for odd and serious reasons alike. Regardless, run-ins with the law have persisted throughout the long history of this franchise. Let’s take a chronological look at some of the notable arrests in Cowboys history.ġ983: Linebacker Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson was arrested for false imprisonment, sexual battery and furnishing cocaine to a minor. Henderson was accused of threatening two teenage girls with a gun and sexually assaulting one of the girls.ġ986: Kicker Rafeael Septien was arrested in January of 1986 on charges of indecency with a 10-year-old child. Septien was quickly released by the team, although he didn’t serve jail time for the incident.ġ996: While former Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin has a long history of personal issues - among them multiple sexual assault allegations and a 1998 incident in which he stabbed a teammate with a pair of scissors - his actual arrest record isn’t too extensive. In 1996, 2001, and 2005, Irvin was arrested on various drug charges.Ģ001: Perhaps the most well-known arrest involving a Dallas Cowboys player is the story of former offensive lineman Nate Newton, who played for the Cowboys from 1986-1998 and whose blocking was a crucial part of the team’s offensive success during the 1990s. In 2001, Newton was arrested when he was stopped by police in Louisiana and was found to have a whopping 213 pounds of marijuana in his car. Just five weeks later, Newton was arrested again - this time in Texas - after being pulled over with another 175 pounds of marijuana in his van.Ģ003: Cowboys defensive back Dwayne Goodrich was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison - and he would subsequently have that sentence extended, although he would eventually be released after eight years - for striking and killing two motorists who were attempting to rescue a man from a burning car. Goodrich was reportedly going over 100 miles per hour at the time, but later tests indicate his rate of speed may have been significantly lower.Ģ011: Former Cowboys receiver Sam Hurd was arrested on federal drug charges after an investigation that started when he was still a Cowboy. Hurd met with an undercover police officer in Chicago while playing as a member of the Bears, hoping to arrange for the purchase of marijuana and cocaine for the purposes of distributing it.Ģ012: Arguably the saddest Dallas Cowboys law enforcement story is the one surrounding defensive lineman Josh Brent. In 2012, Brent was driving in a car with teammate Jerry Brown, who had also been Brent’s college teammate. Brent had been drinking and struck a curb in Irving while driving somewhere above 110 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour zone. The accident resulted in Brown’s death, and Brent was later charged with intoxication manslaughter (a second-degree felony) and sentenced to 180 days in jail. Newton was a vegetarian for several years, before he returned to eating seafood.Brent’s legal issues resurfaced again in 2019, when he was arrested for public intoxication in a Wendy’s parking lot in Coppell.Ģ014: In 2014, Cowboys running back Joseph Randle was caught stealing underwear and cologne from the Dillard’s at Frisco’s Stonebriar Center. In 2018, Newton joined Cave In after the death of bassist/vocalist Caleb Scofield. In late 2013, Newton was recruited by Cavalera Conspiracy to contribute on bass guitar for their third studio album. Jesuit later disbanded in 1999, allowing Newton to make Converge his main focus. In 1998, Converge bassist Stephen Brodsky left the band and was replaced by Newton, who initially joined the band as a part-time member while he was still active in another band, Jesuit. Newton has also been a guitarist and vocalist in Jesuit and bassist in Cavalera Conspiracy. He is the bassist and backing vocalist of the hardcore punk band Converge and the rock band Cave In, and plays guitar and sings in Old Man Gloom and Doomriders. Nate Newton (born October 9, 1975) is an American musician.