--- description: Running back Jonathan Dwyer was deactivated after his arrest Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated assault in an incident that reportedly occurred in July title: Jonathan Dwyer Deactivated by Arizona Cardinals for Domestic Violence image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01b6085f3b0c9054/6986a3f455a8591a02a82a19/jonathan-dwyer-headshot2.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Football](/tag/football/) ## Football Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Arizona Cardinals Act Swiftly After Player Arrested for Domestic Assault by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 18, 2014 12:27 AM CUT  Jonathan Dwyer's booking photo following his arrest for domestic abuse at the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office on Sept. 17, 2014. Jonathan Dwyer's booking photo following his arrest for domestic abuse at the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office on Sept. 17, 2014.Maricopa County Sheriffs Office by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 18, 2014 12:27 AM CUT **Updated 9:19 a.m.** Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer was released from jail Thursday morning after he posted bail following an arrest on domestic violence charges, the Associated Press [reports](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/212f8c1ef5a74519bb6fb2424f120194/cardinals-quick-deactivate-dwyer-after-arrest "undefined"). The Cardinals [deactivated](https://mobile.twitter.com/AZCardinals/status/512388595718426624 "undefined") Dwyer from all team activities Wednesday following the arrest. Dwyer was reportedly arrested at the Cardinals training facility on suspicion of aggravated assault. The Cardinals said in a statement Wednesday they will “continue to closely monitor” the incident. The incident Dwyer was arrested for occurred in July and allegedly involves a woman and an 18-month-old child, [Phoenix police](http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nfl/cardinals/2014/09/17/cardinals-johnathan-dwyer-arrested-abrk/15796691/?hootPostID=0c64c9a6414e36c9ce521f16d8fd7db1 "undefined") said in a statement, but investigators reported the incident last week. The details of the relationship between Dwyer and the victim are not immediately clear, though police said the two lived together. The Cardinals’ immediate response to the 25-year-old’s arrest stands in stark contrast to the widely criticized handling of other player assault allegations in the last few weeks by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and other league teams. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/212f8c1ef5a74519bb6fb2424f120194/cardinals-quick-deactivate-dwyer-after-arrest "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3394964/arizona-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-assault-nfl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3394964/arizona-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-assault-nfl/"},"headline":"Arizona Cardinals Act Swiftly After Player Arrested for Domestic Assault","datePublished":"2014-09-18T00:27:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:15:28.458Z","description":"Running back Jonathan Dwyer was deactivated after his arrest Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated assault in an incident that reportedly occurred in July","url":"https://time.com/3394964/arizona-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-assault-nfl/","keywords":["Football","Arizona","domestic violence"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01b6085f3b0c9054/6986a3f455a8591a02a82a19/jonathan-dwyer-headshot2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt01b6085f3b0c9054/6986a3f455a8591a02a82a19/jonathan-dwyer-headshot2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jonathan-dwyer-headshot2","caption":"Jonathan Dwyer's booking photo following his arrest for domestic abuse at the Maricopa County Sheriffs Office on Sept. 17, 2014.","creditText":"Maricopa County Sheriffs Office","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/football/","name":"Football"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3394964/arizona-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-assault-nfl/","name":"Arizona Cardinals Act Swiftly After Player Arrested for Domestic Assault"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"What to do with Roger Goodell?","description":"So Rice is gone, but after what many see as a series of missteps in handing down his punishment — what should Roger Goodell’s fate be?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Sb2DlMw9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-09-11T21:00:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Sb2DlMw9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3394964/arizona-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-assault-nfl/","duration":"PT2M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3394964/arizona-cardinals-jonathan-dwyer-assault-nfl/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```