Cowboys Running Back Joseph Randle Arrested for Stealing Underwear, Cologne

By Stephen Young Tue., Oct. 14 2014 at 10:53 AM

Frisco Police Department

Joseph Randle

According to multiple reports, Dallas Cowboys backup running back Joseph Randle was arrested by Frisco police after being seen attempting to shoplift underwear and a bottle of cologne on an in-house camera at the Stonebriar Centre mall Dillard's.

Randle was detained by Dillard's loss prevention officers who called Frisco police at 8:17 Monday night. Frisco PD arrested Randle, who was released early Tuesday after posting bail.

Randle, a second-year player out of Oklahoma State, was a key component of the Cowboys' win over the Seahawks Sunday, rushing for 52 yards -- including a 38-yard, game-turning run in the first quarter.

Regardless of the final disposition of the case, Randle is now subject to the NFL's personal conduct policy. From the policy:

Persons who fail to live up to this standard of conduct are guilty of conduct detrimental and subject to discipline, even where the conduct itself does not result in conviction of a crime. Discipline may be imposed in any of the following circumstances:

Criminal offenses including, but not limited to, those involving: the use or threat of violence; domestic violence and other forms of partner abuse; theft and other property crimes; sex offenses; obstruction or resisting arrest; disorderly conduct; fraud; racketeering; and money laundering

So it comes down to this: If DeMarco Murray goes down with an injury, something that's possible if not probable given his workload, the best candidate to replace him will be playing, or not playing, at the whim of Roger Goodell. Because he allegedly stole some underwear and cologne from a department store.

Randle is set to make $495,000 this season.

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Sotiredofitall topcommenter

Football Uber Alles

MikeWestEast

A complete loser, demonstrated by actions where he tried to blame his actions on his child. It seems incomprehensible that these twits waste an unbelievable opportunity granted by heredity and own hard work. Typical career is 3 years and he'll spend half of this season sitting in the locker room.

TheCredibleHulk topcommenter

That headline would be a helluva' lot funnier without the comma.

becoolerifyoudid

Jerry Jones said after their win over the Seahawks "we should smell the roses here a little bit." Guess Randle misinterpreted that.

EdD.

When will the NFL finally pay these brave men enough to afford to buy their own underwear?

Myrna.Minkoff-Katz topcommenter

Pro football players are entitled... to shoplift, beat and rape women, and torture children.

Lakewooder

Grand theft man-panties? That's some weak sauce.

PerryMoore

You and I are paying the government good money to raise these people, and we have a whole class of like minded individuals to show for it. They steal because somebody taught them that they deserve other people's stuff.

roo_ster

Dude's Wonderlic score is not available, but I would guess his score at 10+/-

becoolerifyoudid

To the untrained eye, this looks bad. But really it is the mark of a team returning to the glory days of the 90's. We've had a player suspended for drugs, an owner being sued for sexual harassment by a stripper, one player set to return from a stint in jail/rehab, and now an arrest.

I'm telling you the Cowboys are a cocaine bust away from being a lock for the Super Bowl.

I wonder where the new "white house" is in Frisco?

edit: I forgot we still have C.J. Spiller on the team who is somehow "involved" in a sexual assault case.

ScottsMerkin topcommenter

theft under $1500, Probation and a fine, and Dillard's will ban him from their stores and charge him with trespassing if he ever shows up in one of their stores again. But seriously, FFS, you make a half mil a year, why they hell are you stealing underwear and cologne.

MaxNoDifference

@Myrna.Minkoff-Katz I thought it was stampede women and rape cattle.

TheCredibleHulk topcommenter

@PerryMoore

You're so right.

Football players are the worst!

smyoung17

@becoolerifyoudid Please don't bring fantasy kryptonite, and Buffalo Bills running back, C.J. Spiller into this. C.J. Spillman is the Cowboys' DB accused of sexual assault.

JustSaying

@ScottsMerkin When I was in high school a very good friend of mine shoplifted from Dillards more than a few times. All he ever stole were silk boxers and a wallet when he needed a new one. Someone gave him inside information that there was no alarm triggered by tags at the door and no cameras in the dressing room so he would just put on as many pairs of drahs that he could fit under his jeans and just walk right out the door. I gotta admit, it was very tempting for me to do the same. We all know that the ladies are much more turned on when they see you in 30 dollar boxers than they are when you drop trou and are wearing worn out Hanes with frayed elastic. Alas, I never did. Ive pretty much stuck to the whole "thou shalt not steal" thing my whole life. With the one exception being beer when I was under 21.

RTGolden1 topcommenter

@ScottsMerkin "Dillard's will ban him from their stores..." Or put him in their next commercial.

TheRuddSki topcommenter

@ScottsMerkin

... you make a half mil a year, why they hell are you stealing underwear and cologne.

'cause he only makes a half mil a year.

MaxNoDifference

@ScottsMerkin He must have had a really hot date that night.

ThePosterFormerlyKnownasPaul topcommenter

@ScottsMerkin

I think that it might have something to do with taking a boy out of the 'hood; or, possibly a sense of entitlement and noblisse oblige.

becoolerifyoudid

@smyoung17 @becoolerifyoudid Thanks for the correction.

wcvemail

@JustSaying

As long as we're sharing, I've shoplifted twice in my life: once at a K-Mart (obviously a long time ago) on my third trip to that store to try to fix a lamp. I finally took a butterfly nut and bolt from a new package because the store was closing and I was pissed.

Then I was a bit older when I stole the plastic collar stays from a new shirt at JC Penney in Irving Mall (also a long time ago) on my way to an interview when my dress shirt collar was a-floppin'.

Yes, I've had to describe these sins in certain background investigations. More than one investigator told me that people who recall that level of detail are the most honest overall because we remember the details for a lifetime. Or psychopaths who have memorized a convincing story, whatever.

And silk boxers DO make an impression for about two seconds.

JustSaying

@wcvemail Yeah, and you gotta be sure to take the silk boxers off before you get into the bed if satin sheets are involved. That combo turns a bed into a damn air hockey table. Its kind of a mood killer when you slide across the bed and crash into the wall.