Charges: Vikings Player Threw Girlfriend Down, Stole Her Phone

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Minnesota Vikings wide receiver is facing domestic assault charges after allegedly throwing his girlfriend down and, at one point, kicking her.

Cayleb Jones, 25, of Los Angeles, is charged with domestic assault, theft and inferring with an emergency call in connection to an incident earlier this week, documents filed in Dakota County show.

According to a criminal complaint, Jones’ girlfriend called 911 from a hotel in Eagan, saying that Jones “put his hands on her.” The call was suddenly ended, and when dispatchers called back, a man answered the phone and quickly hung up.

When officers arrived at the hotel, the girlfriend told them that she and Jones got into an…