Josh Jacobs faces two misdemeanors chargers after strangulation arrest and Packers prepare for any scenario

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs faces up to $20,000 in fines or up to 18 months in prison if he is convicted of two misdemeanor charges filed on Thursday by the Brown County (Wisconsin) District Attorney in connection to a May domestic abuse arrest.

Jacobs was charged with one count of battery and one count of criminal damage to property, according to Wisconsin court records.

Each carry up to a nine-month jail sentence if Jacobs is convicted.

The formal charges filed by DA David L.

Lasee come three months after Jacobs was arrested on charges following a domestic situation at his home near Green Bay.

JORDAN LOVE SAYS HE WAS 'SHOCKED' BY JOSH JACOBS' ARREST ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CHARGES DURING OTAS Jacobs was originally arrested on charges stemming from a May 23 incident and was booked on charges of felony strangulation/suffocation, domestic-abuse battery, domestic-abuse criminal damage to property, domestic-abuse disorderly conduct and intimidation of a victim.

Lasee filed charges against Jacobs after promising to conduct a thorough investigation of the incident.

That investigation, obviously, led the DA to file lesser charges and not the felony charge.

NFL FACING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC THIS OFFSEASON WITH ARREST OF RAMS LINEMAN THE LATEST CASE The battery charge stems from what Lasee is contending was evidence that shows Jacobs "did cause bodily harm to [his ex-girlfriend] by an act done with intent to cause bodily harm to that person, without the person's consent ..." The second charge, according to Lasee, is the result of Jacobs causing "damage to the physical property of another, a phone, belonging to [his ex-girlfriend] ... without consent..." "Our office sought to ensure a fair and complete review of available evidence, some of which only recently became available to our office due to significant, ongoing forensic efforts by law enforcement," Lasee said in a statement.

"A criminal complaint is nothing more than a written, formal accusation against a defendant alleging the commission of criminal offenses and does not raise any inference of guilt.

"Mr.

Jacobs is presumed innocent of these charges.

As this is an ongoing criminal case, and out of respect for the rights of all parties, our office will not have further comment on the matter at this time." The attorneys representing Jacobs – David Z.

Chesnoff, Richard A.