Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs turned himself in to the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Thursday after he allegedly mistreated two canine.
A Tuscaloosa Police Division spokesperson confirmed that Buggs surrendered on the jail Thursday, a day after two misdemeanor warrants have been filed towards him.
Buggs was booked and launched on $600 bond and faces a courtroom listening to on June 13. He refused a reporter’s query whereas leaving the jail and getting right into a truck.
In line with courtroom paperwork, the Tuscaloosa Police Division acquired a report that two canine have been being left on the again porch of a house being rented by Buggs. Officers and animal management discovered a grey and white pit bull and a black rottweiler on a screened-in again porch with no entry to meals or water.
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Each canine appeared malnourished and uncared for, and the residence seemed to be deserted. Witnesses informed police that Buggs had lately moved from the home. Each canine have been seized, and the pit bull ultimately was euthanized.
Buggs’ agent, Trey Robinson, on Wednesday denied the fees and alleged his shopper is a sufferer of an ongoing “subversive marketing campaign” to power the closure of the hookah lounge he owns in Tuscaloosa.
“Underneath no circumstance does Mr. Buggs condone the mistreatment of any animal,” Robinson stated in a press release. “The canine at situation didn’t belong to him, and he was unaware they remained on the property in query.”
Robinson stated in his assertion that Buggs was arrested at his hookah lounge on misdemeanor prices “on two separate events previously two months, however every time no public file was made of those arrests.” Robinson added that town was utilizing the allegations towards Buggs as “leverage” to get him to give up his enterprise license.
A Chiefs spokesman stated the crew was conscious of the scenario, however declined to remark.
Buggs, 27, performed three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and two with the Detroit Lions earlier than becoming a member of the Chiefs in January as a apply squad participant. The Chiefs re-signed Buggs to a futures contract in February.
Data from ESPN’s Adam Teicher and The Related Press was used on this report.
