Mickey Joseph arrested in Lincoln for alleged domestic assault

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NEWSWATCH SEVEN. ALL RIGHT, SARA, THANKS. AND NOW TO THE BREAKING NEWS IN LINCOLN. JUST DAYS AGO, MICKEY JOSEPH WAS NEBRASKA’S INTERIM HEAD FOOTBALL COACH. TONIGHT, HE’S IN THE LANCASTER COUNTY JAIL. POLICE ARRESTED JOSEPH TODAY IN A CASE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVENS SEVEN. BILL SHERMAN IS ON THE LIVE DESK. ROB COULDN’T YOU SEE THE DETAILS ARE STILL LIMITED TODAY, BUT WE KNOW THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACCUSATION ALSO INVOLVES STRANGULATION. AND HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. POLICE WERE CALLED TO A SOUTH AFRICAN HOME AT 154 THIS AFTERNOON AFTER AN ASSOCIATE WAS ARRESTED AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. HE WAS JAILED FOR STRANGULATION. AND THIRD DEGREE DOMESTIC ASSAULT. POLICE ARE NOT SAYING ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THE CASE TO PROTECT THE VICTIM’S IDENTITY. AND WE ARE DOING THE SAME. JOSEPH PLAYED QUARTERBACK FOR THE RESCUE IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AND EARLY NINETIES. HE WAS HIRED AS NEBRASKA’S WIDE RECEIVERS COACH LAST DECEMBER AND PROMOTED TO INTERIM HEAD COACH IN SEPTEMBER. HE COACHED THE HUSKERS IN NINE GAMES. HIS STATUS WITH THE TEAM WAS STILL UP IN THE AIR UNDER NEW HEAD COACH MATT RHULE. NEBRASKA ATHLETICS DIRECTOR TREVOR ALBERTS SENT US THIS STATEMENT MOMENTS AFTER THE NEWS BROKE TONIGHT. QUOTE, I WAS MADE AWARE OF THE CHARGES AGAINST COACH JOSEPH, AND GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE ALLEGATIONS AND BASED ON UNIVERSITY POLICY, HE HAS BEEN PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. WE WILL HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENT AT THIS TIME. JOSEPH HAS NOT BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED YET. WE EXPECT THAT TO HAPPEN TOMORROW IF HE MAKES HIS FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TONIGHT. WE DO KNOW HE’S STILL IN THE LANCASTER COUNTY JAIL. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, BILL, THANKS. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW HAS BEEN THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, PLEASE KNOW THERE ARE RESOURCES FOR YOU. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN. ONE 800 79972 33. THAT’S THE NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE. IT’S OPEN 24 SEVEN. IT’S FREE AND CONFIDENCE LOCAL. THE WOMEN’S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT CAN ALSO HELP YOU THERE IN OMAHA. THEIR EMERGENCY HOTLINE IS FOR 02345 7273. IF AN ATTACK IS IN P

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