Isaiah Buggs of the Kansas City Chiefs was arrested Sunday in connection with an alleged burglary in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he already faces animal cruelty charges after police seized two malnourished dogs.
According to jail records, Buggs was arrested on charges of second-degree domestic violence burglary and posted a $5,000 bond. A photo of the 27-year-old defensive tackle was included in the records.
Trey Robinson, an agent for Buggs, did not immediately return a request for comment.
Under Alabama law, a domestic violence burglary charge applies when the victim of the alleged crime is a parent, child, or a current or former romantic partner of the suspect. The charge may also apply if the victim shares a child or a household with the suspect.
A Tuscaloosa Police Department representative said Buggs was charged after officers responded to a home after receiving a 911 call at 5:28 a.m. Sunday. He was held for 12 hours for domestic violence before being released on bail.
Court documents were not immediately available.
Buggs received his Super Bowl ring along with the rest of the Chiefs on Thursday. His Instagram account currently contains just one post: a series of images from the ceremony.
He also posted a selfie video to his Instagram Story on Saturday, writing that he was proud of his “growth as a man and as a father.”
Buggs is already facing animal cruelty charges after Tuscaloosa police officers were called to a home and found two dogs on a screened-in back porch, surrounded by feces and without access to food or water. Both dogs, a pit bull-rottweiler mix, were found “severely malnourished, emaciated and neglected,” according to court documents.
Neighbors said the dogs had been on the porch for at least 10 days.
One of the two animals, a gray and white pit bull, was euthanized due to increasing aggressiveness and failure to respond to heartworm treatment.
Witnesses told police that Buggs rented the home until mid-to-late March, and records show the agreement was terminated in April because more than $3,000 in back rent was owed.
Robinson said at the time that his client “vehemently denies” the allegations. He added that the dogs did not belong to Buggs and that his client was unaware they were still at the property.
“Under no circumstances will Mr. Buggs tolerate the mistreatment of any animal,” Robinson said in an emailed statement.
The Chiefs, who recently won their third Super Bowl in four years, are coming off an offseason full of controversial headlines.
Buggs’ teammate Rashee Rice had his own legal troubles after the team’s championship win in February. He surrendered to police in April on charges including aggravated assault after driving a speeding sports car that allegedly caused a pileup in Dallas.
Rice was also suspected in an attack that injured a man in Dallas last month. Rice remains under investigation by police, although the man declined to press charges.
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker was the subject of internet outrage after he gave a divisive speech at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. Butker criticized abortion, Pride Month and Covid-19 lockdown measures.
He also told the women in the graduating class that they have been told “diabolical lies” about their future and that one of the “most important” titles a woman can have is housewife.
Women flooded the comments on the Chiefs’ social media posts, directly calling on the team to condemn Butker’s comments or making sarcastic comments about a woman’s role.
Franchise stars Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce individually addressed Butker’s comments following the backlash, distancing themselves from the substance of the controversy while defending Butker as a teammate. Both players essentially said that while they disagree with much of the speech, they both respect Butker’s right to his own opinion.
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