Welcome to Arrest Stories. A Denver Broncos linebacker was arrested for the second time in eight days, this time accused of doing the one thing a court had expressly forbidden him to do. Heres what may have happened.
On Thursday, June twelfth, twenty twenty six, Parker police arrested Denver Broncos outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper at approximately six seventeen in the evening at his apartment in Parker, Colorado. Cooper, twenty eight years old, was booked into the Douglas County Sheriff's Office detention facility at ten oh seven that same night.
The arrest marked Cooper's second in eight days, stemming from an original incident on June fourth at his residence. According to court documents, during that June fourth altercation, Cooper's girlfriend confronted him over allegations of infidelity. She allegedly threw his phone against a wall, and Cooper allegedly damaged her phone by biting it. Cooper's girlfriend told police that during the argument, Cooper grabbed and lifted her by the neck and threw her to the ground several times. Cooper originally denied any physical altercation to a responding officer. A forensic nurse who later evaluated Cooper's girlfriend reported what the affidavit described as strangulation with hypoxia and traumatic brain injury.
Following that first arrest, a protection order was issued prohibiting Cooper from contacting his girlfriend. However, according to a subsequent arrest affidavit, on Thursday, Cooper sent his girlfriend approximately twenty text messages, placed two unanswered phone calls, and later appeared at her apartment and knocked on the door for five to ten minutes. His girlfriend told an officer that his showing up made her feel scared.
Cooper now faces four new charges, including two domestic violence charges, harassment for repeated phone calls, and violation of a protection order. On Monday, Cooper had pleaded not guilty to the criminal mischief charge from the original June fourth incident.
Notably, hours before his second arrest, Cooper had practiced with the Broncos in a limited capacity that same Thursday.
On Friday morning, Cooper appeared in Douglas County court before Judge Mark Solomon with attorney Harvey Steinberg. Cooper's girlfriend's attorney, Ron Gainor, was also present.
We are obviously concerned about the contact that happened yesterday, which was extensive, Gainor said.
Judge Solomon issued a personal recognizance bond of five thousand dollars and ordered Cooper's next court appearance for July fourteenth at nine in the morning. Solomon also ordered that Cooper must receive prior court approval before traveling outside of Colorado.
The Denver Broncos released a statement saying, We are disappointed to learn of Jonathon Cooper's arrest on Thursday and continue to review this matter. NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy added, We continue to monitor all developments in the matter which remains under review of the personal conduct policy.
Broncos head coach Sean Payton addressed the situation, saying, I think the league has done a good job of kind of coming in and really taking over that responsibility. We had a long visit with Coop, and now the process plays out. The league obviously will be very much involved in that. We'll stay abreast, but much like you all. I think that's where it's at. We just go from there.
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