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Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward was arrested on Thursday for allegedly violating the terms of a previous legal order.

He was to spend the night in Montgomery County (Texas) Jail before being released on Friday, his lawyer, Steve Jackson, told KPRC 2 in Houston.

Ward, 34, was arrested on June 12 at his home in Magnolia, Texas, and held on a third-degree charge

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