Defensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs Isaiah Buggs was arrested Sunday by the Tuscaloosa County (Alabama) Sheriff’s Office on suspicion of domestic violence and burglary, online jail records show.
According to the log, Buggs’ bond was set at $5,000. When contacted Sunday afternoon, the Chiefs had no comment on Buggs’ situation.
The 27-year-old Buggs joined the Chiefs in January of this year after being cut by the Detroit Lions. He remained on KC’s practice squad for the remainder of the season, but did not appear in any games.
In February, the Chiefs signed Buggs to a futures contract. The 6-3, 306-pound defensive tackle, who participated in the Chiefs’ mandatory mini-camp drills at the team facility late last week, played his final two college seasons at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
This is the second time this season that Buggs has gotten into legal trouble. Two weeks ago, he was charged with animal cruelty in Tuscaloosa, according to a report from the Tuscaloosa Patch.
The Patch, citing civil documents it obtained in Tuscaloosa County District Court, said a petition said a dog was left on the porch of Buggs’ home in Tuscaloosa on March 28. The pit bull was “surrounded by feces, with no access to food or water,” according to documents obtained by The Patch.
According to The Patch, while searching the home, police and Tuscaloosa Animal Control also found a Rottweiler mix dog in a metal cage without access to food or water.
The two dogs were seized by police and animal control, The Patch said, after they were found “malnourished, emaciated and neglected.” The pit bull was later euthanized in April.
In a statement to the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, Buggs’ agent, Trey Robinson, said the dogs in question did not belong to Buggs. Robinson said Buggs didn’t know they were at his home.
Robinson said Buggs “vehemently denies the veracity” of the allegations against him; Robinson also stated that the city of Tuscaloosa’s decision to file charges was an attempt to “smear” Buggs’ name and reputation in an effort to force him to open his “Kings Hookah Lounge” business in the city Close.
Buggs’ arrest Sunday only continued a tumultuous Chiefs offseason.
Receiver Rashee Rice is facing eight charges after admitting to being the driver in a recent high-speed crash on a Texas highway. Kicker Harrison Butker drew national attention after his comments during a speech at a Catholic university in Kansas.
Also last month, Chiefs offensive linemen Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were arrested in Kansas and charged with possession of marijuana.
Chiefs coach Andy Reid was asked in late May if he was frustrated by the number of off-field distractions in recent months.
“We obviously don’t want these things to happen. But things happen, and you work through them,” Reid said at the time. “And my thing is: it’s important that you learn from it, and that you put an end to it. So that’s important.”
