JUNE 18: We’ve got more troubling details on Buggs’ recent domestic violence charge. Per Lukas Weese of The Athletic, Buggs was arrested on June 16 after “unlawfully” entering the apartment of his child’s mother with the “intent to commit a crime.”
Per the Tuscaloosa district court documents cited by Weese, Buggs broke into the apartment with a tire iron before dragging the woman down the stairs, causing the woman to suffer “scratch marks” on her wrists. After leaving the apartment, Buggs was spotted by police, who were responding to the 911 call, in a nearby parking lot. Buggs was arrested and booked early that morning.
JUNE 16: Buggs has been arrested again and has been charged with domestic violence and burglary, as Phillips reports. Court records show that he was given a $5,000 bond (h/t Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk). Given the team’s minimal investment in him, it is fair to wonder how long Kansas City will keep Buggs on the roster.
JUNE 2: Chiefs defensive tackle Isaiah Buggs turned himself in to Tuscaloosa (Al.) police on Thursday after two arrest warrants for misdemeanor animal cruelty were issued for him, as detailed by Ryan Phillips of Patch.com. A subsequent ESPN report noted that Buggs was released on $600 bond and will be required to appear in court on June 13.
Court documents allege that two dogs, a pitbull and Rottweiler mix, were found by animal control at a home rented by Buggs. The animals were described as “malnourished, emaciated and neglected” and were allegedly left on a screened-in back porch surrounded by feces and without access to food or water. The pitbull was ultimately euthanized at a local animal shelter after becoming increasingly aggressive and failing heartworm treatment, and the Rottweiler mix — which tested positive for Parvo and weighed a dangerously-low 52 pounds when it arrived at the shelter — is still in the shelter’s care pending a court determination as to whether Buggs should be allowed to own it or any other animals.
According to witnesses, Buggs had recently vacated the residence where the animals were found, and Phillips writes that the player’s lease was subsequently terminated due to his rent arrearage. Phillips adds that Buggs faces other charges stemming from his allegedly pushing a police officer during an April arrest and allegedly pointing a gun at a woman outside of his business.
That business — Buggs owns the nearby Kings Hookah Lounge — is at the root of Buggs’ legal issues, according to his agent, Trey Robinson. In the wake of the animal cruelty warrants, Robinson argued that local police are engaged in a “subversive campaign” to force Buggs to close the hookah lounge, and that authorities offered to drop the earlier charges — which were not initially made public — in exchange for the voluntary surrender of Buggs’ business license (the full statement can be found here, courtesy of NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero).
Phillips, meanwhile, reports that Buggs does not have a business license at all, and that the lounge has been cited for operating without a license, overcrowding, and failure to pay city taxes. With respect to the dogs, Robinson said, “under no circumstance does Mr. Buggs condone the mistreatment of any animal. The dogs at issue did not belong to him, and he was unaware they remained at the property in question.”
Buggs, 27, was selected by the Steelers in the sixth round of the 2019 draft and landed a one-year deal with the Lions prior to the 2022 season. He wound up appearing in all 17 of Detroit’s games that year, including a career-high 13 starts. While his efforts earned him a two-year contract worth up to $6MM last March, he did not make it through the first year of that pact. He was waived in January and subsequently caught on with the Chiefs’ taxi squad in advance of KC’s playoff run. He did not see any postseason work, though the Chiefs retained him via a reserve/futures deal in February.
Buggs declined to speak to a reporter after leaving the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Thursday, and a Chiefs spokesperson said the club was aware of the situation but also declined comment.
What a total POS! Maybe they should withhold food and water and confine this obvious dubious character without a place to go to the bathroom.
Another fine individual in the NFL and another Chief with character issues. Unfortunately for him this didn’t happen in Missouri or the governor could commute his sentence.
As a chiefs fan man what an offseason… as a fire
Professional i see the neglect of animals. I see worse done to kids.. i am
Surprised he was arrested.
I’m glad he was arrested. How a person treats animals is probably not far from how they treat humans.
Well this comment was DEAD ON it appears
He sounds like another wonderful NFL character. However, his agent asserts that the police have a “subversive campaign” against Buggs. Yeah, right. Let’s see if the current strategy of wait it out, pay everyone off, and get the charges dropped strategy works for this player. Finally, I wonder if, when arrested, Buggs said, “What’s up cops?” 🙂
The Chiefs have quickly become the biggest scumbag franchise in all sports.
A) Be fat and jolly and you get to be a crime lord and it’s OK.
B) Big mistake doing this in Alabama and not South Dakota.
Beating up animals and Women hardly makes you a crime lord lol
Kudos to the Lions and Steelers recognizing the flawed character and morality of this player.
Not surprised about the Chiefs pouncing. It’s expected at this point. Shameful organization.
As a Steeler fan I can tell you that Buggs was always seen as a bit of a head case, but it had more to do with lack of consistent effort on the field as to anything else. He made some really key plays over his time there but he also got dropped down the depth chart more than once for weight/attitude/effort issues.
I mean the Steelers also just signed Cam Sutton.
So now what, he will be commentating with Michael Vick on Sundays?
lol shocker
Chief suspects!
Horrible, hope karma gets this monster because I sure as hell know the law won’t do anything
Let’s put his big butt in a cage without food and water……
The big corporations get away with animal abuse all the time but we look the other way because that steak on the barbeque sure looks tasty. Let’s try to limit our hypocrisy as we condemn Buggs.
Yes if only they were turned into food, then it’s actually bad…. C’mon man.
Turn them into a shelter if you can’t fulfill the obligations of a responsible pet owner. What Buggs did is cruelty plain and simple.
During the pandemic a lot of people who lost their jobs were cash strapped and decided it best to turn their pets over to the humane society. It might have eased their conscience to think this made them responsible owners but the reality is that most of these pets got put down anyway because the shelters simply didn’t have the space or resources to handle the surplus.
So, it’s better to starve them to death in the heat? Too bad they can’t make the punishment fit the crime.
We had owned a feed store for 15 years before the 2008 crash although we could see it starting in 2006 because farmers weren’t breeding and were cutting back on their herds There are several things I wish people knew about the food industry. 1# – Those euthanized pets from shelters sometimes get turned into the meat meal that finds it’s way into the cheaper dog and cat Don’t buy any pet food that just says meat meal because at the very least it’s roadkill,dead animals from dairys or other farms and quite possibly euthanized pets. People have no idea and will argue with me, until they do their own research. 2#- Feed lot cattle are fed the leavings from the large chicken and/or egg production farms. Chickens do not digest all of their food, so it gets pooped out. All this poo, plus feathers, spilled food and even dead birds are swept up put in containers and ground up, then fed to cattle. That’s one of the reasons I cannot stand to be near cooking beef from Walmart,Sam’s, Aldi’s etc. After being fed dead birds, feathers and chicken crap the cooking meat smells so bad it’s nauseating. Sorry get on my soapbox.
Your analysis could not be any further from the facts of what happened. During the pandemic, as we all know, people started to work remotely and were unable to socialize. An overwhelming number of people turned to the Humane Rescue Alliance for an inhouse companion. It was actually difficult to find a shelter that was able to provide a pet. A co-worker of mine, his wife runs a feline (cat) rescue, and they basically became a transport for animal housing request from shelter to shelter.
Don’t buy from big corporations. We buy a half or quarter beef from farmers we know and trust. Plain and simple. Or better yet, raise your own. We’ve raised hogs and chickens for the freezer. No cruelty involved. Nice peaceful life, good feed, and then freezer.
I definitely agree with your comments regarding these big corporations. We need to make a distinction between animal neglect because of a strained financial situation (what Buggs seemed to get involved in) and outright and deliberate cruelty to an animal by causing it pain (the corporations are not only guilty of this but they take it a step further by trying to turn a profit on the animals suffering).
No cruelty involved.
Until slaughter time.
There I corrected it for you.
Ahimsa
Obviously you have not been to a feedlot or processing facility or you would not make that statement.
Very,very far from the same thing. SMH
Did he know the dogs were there and were being maltreated? That’s a pretty important piece of evidence to know before we draw too many conclusions about whether he is a POS (based on this charge). If the answer is yes, by all means fire away. But I’m going to withhold judgment until more is known.
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With respect to the dogs, Robinson said, “under no circumstance does Mr. Buggs condone the mistreatment of any animal. The dogs at issue did not belong to him, and he was unaware they remained at the property in question.”
What is he going to say? “They’re my dogs, I mistreated them, and I’m an idiot,” Mr Buggss said.
I have absolutely zero use for anybody that mistreats a dog or any domestic animal pet.
How would he like it if the same thing happened to him?
What a garbage person
This dude is a scumbag
The chiefs are truly a class act
I am not the least bit sorry for someone who has played in the NFL for 5 years and cries poverty. It doesn’t take much to feed two dogs and water is free. These idiots get drafted and spend millions on houses and cars, then they play for a few years and their out the league. Don’t they realize that the money stops coming in when they stop playing? Sell a couple of autographs, put out a call on Instagram to his “fans”, beg or borrow 20 bucks, dig in a dumpster,but feed the animals. And like I said go to the dollar store,get a bucket and fill it at a spigot, public bathroom or even a creek, it’s free. I’m sure Patrick Mahomes would loan him 50 bucks for dog food. It’s just neglect, plain and simple. I have no sympathy for a man who hurts or neglects women, children or animals. It’s a punk move from a 6’3 350 lbs baby.
Where in the article did he cry poverty? His attorney says the dogs were not his and he was not aware the dogs were at the property.
It appears as though Buggs just stopped paying rent and abandoned the property. Perhaps he thought someone else would look after the animals or they would be taken to the humane society. The guy might have CTE so who knows what is going on inside his head?
It’s HIS responsibility, not someone else’s. If he’s that forgetful he needs to be institutionalized.
It’s his responsibility if they were his dogs.
What is he going to say,” I’m a jackass and I left 2 dogs to starve to death.” Seriously dude, get a life. He’s a fat stupid irresponsible baby.
This kid buggs me.
There you have it. Isaiah “Big Fat Baby” Buggs has proven once and for all time what a piece of human garbage he is. Not only does this POS starve dogs, but apparently this 6’3 350 lbs big bellied coward likes to hit women too. “Maybe he thought someone else was taking care of them,” to quote Mr. Lemon. Or maybe he’s just to stupid to be allowed to live in normal society. Real tough guy that Fatass has turned out to be. Mistreats animals and women, big tough dude huh. Put him in jail with some real tough guys and see how they feel about his torturing animals and smacking around women.
Is there something in the water? Can someone check the pipes?
“still in the shelter’s care pending a court determination as to whether Buggs should be allowed to own it or any other animals.”
How much more proof do they need.
The other dog had to be put down.
As bad as Vick.
Vick ran a dog fighting ring, this piece of crap neglected his animals. It is not as bad as Vick but still really messed up. But if we add in the new charges he is actually much worse then Vick imo.
DeVious One —- Vick did not run a dog fighting ring. He was charged with interstate commerce in aid of sponsoring an event involving gambling and animal cruelty. IE: he gave his cousins the money to operate and the only reason it went Federal was because they crossed state lines. He did not actually serve any time and was not charged with dog fighting.
I am not defending Bad Newz Kennels, just want to once again correct the facts presented. Vick also has made several donations and appearances for the Humane Society.
Your great, but what Vick did and what Vick was charged with are different imo. Vick was the money, his cousins were the face; who is really in charge? Not hard to figure out. If you or I did what Vick did we would have faced much worse, he is a celebrity that’s why he got away with it.
His donations don’t mean anything why mention that? His appearances don’t mean a dang thing friend. Any of that was to try to fix his broken image to the public. The Humane Society oh wow I guess that fixes everything, what a joke.
You take care now.
DeVious One:
Everyone from mass murders, drug lords, and people who run red lights are charged differently from the crime in order to make sure a punishment sticks. Run a red light and sign that failure to pay attention ticket, they get your fine money, and you walk without points. Get tagged for speeding and have it dropped from 25 over to ten over with a seat belt violation, you beat the reckless driving to pay a fine and keep your license. No difference.
I am also willing to state that Vick’s donations and appearances for the Humane Society have done more than what you and I combined have done. Michael Vick has done his work without you hearing about it with guidance from Tony Dungy, who set it up to not fix his image in a cheap manner.
You take care now and think about how many times you have been cut a break.
I actually live my life with the idea that if I make a mistake I will be punished accordingly. Probably why I avoid foolish mistakes and try to be respectful of the world around.
Vick was fun to watch at QB but still a piece of crap in my book.
Anyhow learn how to cut hair better already so we can stop making fun of you and your biggest (only) client lol.
Being legal counsel for the Chiefs this offseason must be the lawful equivalent of taking point during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam.
Typical Chiefs player.
Deflategate?
How does Reid’s son get his sentence ended ?
State governor happens to be Chiefs fan.
Buggs declined to speak to a reporter after leaving the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Thursday, but did ask a Chiefs spokesperson to give him the “Chiefs Special” and load up his commissary account.
“Ladies and gentleman of the jury, my client was simply there to change the tire on the car this woman had parked inside her upstairs apartment.”
Haven’t seen somebody speed run ending their career this fast since Ruggs
I don’t know….
Quintez Cephus, Stanley Berryhill, C.J. Moore, and Shaka Toney all placed bets on an app from their phone in the locker room. They disappeared a lot quicker than Henry Ruggs III, and didn’t even get a court date.
Why hasn’t he been cut from the team yet?
He won’t be cut…..he’s part of the Chief’s image…..
Dindu Nuffin…
And the saga continues