After two undernourished canines were found by police in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Sunday, Isaiah Buggs of the Kansas City Chiefs was taken into custody in relation to an alleged burglary. He is currently being charged with animal cruelty.
In accordance with jail records, Buggs secured a $5,000 surety bond after being taken into custody on a charge of second-degree domestic violence entry. In the documents was a picture of the defensive tackle, 27 years old.
An attempt to reach Buggs’ agent, Trey Robinson, for comment was not immediately answered.
When the victim of the alleged offense is the suspect’s parent, child, or current or past love partner, Alabama law applies and a domestic violence burglary charge is made.
If the victim and the suspect live together or have children together, the charge can also be applicable.
According to a spokesman for the Tuscaloosa Police Department, Buggs was charged after officers were called to a home at 5:28 a.m. on Sunday. He was placed under a 12-hour domestic abuse hold before being given bond and released.
Documents from the court were not immediately accessible.
Along with the other Chiefs players, Buggs was given his Super Bowl ring on Thursday. There is presently only one post on his Instagram account, which is a collection of pictures from the ceremony.
On Saturday, he also shared a selfie video to his Instagram account, expressing his pride in his “development as a man & a father.”
After Tuscaloosa police officers were summoned to a property, they discovered two dogs on a screened-in back porch covered in feces and without access to food or water.
As a result, Buggs is already being charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty. Court filings state that the two dogs, a pit bull and a rottweiler mix, were discovered to be “severely malnourished, emaciated, and neglected.”
The dogs had been on the porch for a minimum of ten days, according to the neighbors.
Due to growing aggression and non-response to heartworm medication, one of the two animals—a gray and white pit bull—was put down.
Buggs rented the house until mid- to late-March, according to witnesses who spoke with police about it. According to the paperwork, the lease was cancelled in April for over $3,000 in unpaid rent.
At the time, Robinson stated that his client “vehemently denies” the accusations. He continued by saying that his client was unaware that the dogs were still on the property and that they did not belong to Buggs.
According to an email statement from Robinson, “Under no circumstance does Mr. Buggs condone the mistreatment of any animal.”
Following their third Super Bowl victory in four years, the Chiefs’ offseason was replete with contentious press coverage.
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Rashee Rice, Buggs’ teammate, faced his own legal issues after the team won the championship in February. He turned himself in to authorities in April on suspicion of aggravated assault after he was involved in a chain reaction crash in Dallas while operating a speeding sports vehicle.
Additionally, Rice was allegedly involved in an attack that left a guy hurt in Dallas last month. Police are still looking into Rice, even though the man chose not to press charges.
Kicker Harrison Butker of the Chiefs sparked uproar on the internet following his contentious graduating speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Butker bashed out against Covid-19 lockdown measures, Pride month, and abortion.
In addition, he informed the graduating class’s female members that they had been fed “diabolical lies” regarding their prospects and that being a homemaker is among the “most important” roles a woman can have.
Following the outcry, franchise players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce each responded to Butker’s remarks, separating themselves from the controversy’s core issues but endorsing Butker as a colleague.
In essence, both players stated that they accept Butker’s freedom to hold his own ideas even though they disagree with a large portion of the speech.
