Dallas, TX (Sports Network) – Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Josh Brent was booked into a city jail Thursday after testing positive for marijuana, a violation of the troubled lineman’s bail on an intoxication manslaughter charge for last December’s car accident that killed a former teammate.<\/p>\n
According to court records, Brent failed a drug test on June 19 that was sent to a toxicology lab for further analysis, with the results confirmed on Tuesday. The positive sample violates a previous court order requiring Brent to have an interlock device installed on his vehicle.<\/p>\n
Brent is still awaiting trial on the intoxication manslaughter allegations, as well as a driving while intoxicated charge, stemming from the December 8 crash that killed Jerry Brown, a linebacker on the Cowboys’ practice squad at the time and Brent’s former college teammate at Illinois. He was freed on a $100,000 bond.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old ended the 2012 regular season on the reserve\/non-football illness list as a result of injuries from the crash and is likely facing a suspension from the NFL for violating the personal conduct policy, though the league has yet to rule on the matter.<\/p>\n
Brent started five games in place of an injured Jay Ratliff at nose tackle last season and recorded 22 tackles and 1 1\/2 sacks over 12 overall contests in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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