Chiefs' DT Isaiah Buggs arrested for second-degree assault and burglary

For the second time in less than a month, Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs has been arrested in Alabama. Buggs, a former Alabama star player, was arrested early Sunday morning on charges of second-degree domestic violence and second-degree burglary.

According to police reports, officers responded to a 911 call at 5:28 a.m. CT from the 1600 block of Mimosa Park Road. According to Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office records, Buggs was released on $5,000 bail.

The Chiefs are aware of Buggs’ arrest and declined to comment. In late May, Buggs was accused of animal cruelty in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, according to a civil lawsuit filed Wednesday by The athlete.

Tuscaloosa police received information on March 28 about two dogs left on the back porch of a home that was rented by Buggs, according to the petition. Witnesses said Buggs had recently moved out of the home, and investigators determined that Buggs’ lease was terminated in April because he owed over $3,100 in back rent.

When police and animal control arrived at the home, they found a pit bull surrounded by feces on the screened porch and a Rottweiler mix locked in a cage in direct sunlight – both without access to food or water, the petition says.

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Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs charged with animal cruelty

The dogs were taken from the home because they were “severely malnourished, emaciated and neglected, and the home appeared abandoned,” the petition states. A shelter later euthanized the pit bull after he became increasingly aggressive and heartworm treatment failed, while the Rottweiler mix — who arrived weighing a meager 52 pounds and tested positive for a viral illness — remains at the shelter, the petition states.

Authorities obtained two arrest warrants for Buggs on charges of second-degree cruelty to dogs and cats, respectively. The petition asked the court to set a hearing within the next 10 days to determine whether Buggs is suitable for custody of the Rottweiler mix.

In a statement to The athlete On Wednesday, Buggs’ agent, Trey Robinson, denied the allegations and said the charges were part of a “concerted effort” by the city of Tuscaloosa and its police department “to smear the name and reputation of Mr. Buggs as part of an ongoing subversive campaign to force the closure of his local business, Kings Hookah Lounge.”

“This effort is not new, as Mr. Buggs has been arrested twice in the last two months for a misdemeanor in his business, but each time those arrests were not publicly documented,” Robinson said in an email. “Rather, the City has used the threat to prosecute and publicize both the allegations made today and these arrests as leverage against Mr. Buggs, offering to drop them and not pursue them further if he voluntarily surrenders his business license in exchange.”

The police chiefs did not want to comment on the allegations at the time. A request for comment from the Tuscaloosa police also went unanswered.

Buggs, 27, signed a futures contract with the Chiefs in February after spending last season on their practice squad. He played two seasons with the Detroit Lions and three with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers selected Buggs in the sixth round of the 2019 draft. In his NFL career, Buggs has recorded 89 tackles and two sacks.