Isaiah Buggs: Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman arrested for the second time this offseason

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Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was arrested early Sunday morning in Alabama on domestic violence and burglary charges, according to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office website.

According to jail records, he was held on $5,000 bail before his release.

This is Buggs’ second arrest in less than three weeks. In May, the 27-year-old turned himself in on two counts of animal cruelty.

In a statement provided to NFL Network by his agent Trey Robinson, Buggs “vehemently” denies the animal cruelty allegations and adds that the dogs do not belong to him.

Robinson also said his client was targeted as part of an ongoing “subversive campaign” to force the closure of a hookah lounge he owns in Tuscaloosa.

CNN has contacted the Kansas City Chiefs and Buggs’ agent but has not received an immediate response.

Buggs was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft, where he played three seasons.

After his time in Pittsburgh, he spent two years with the Detroit Lions before being signed to the Chiefs’ practice squad in January.