Former Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs has been convicted on two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty fees.
Choose Joanne Jannik sentenced Buggs final week to a yr of exhausting labor, ordering him to serve 60 days. The remaining can be suspended for 2 years “pending the habits of the defendant.” Buggs has mentioned he’ll enchantment his conviction.
The 27-year-old can be not allowed to have or be round firearms or personal canine or cats.
The Chiefs launched Buggs on 24 June, eight days after his second latest arrest in Alabama. He was detained on a cost of home violence/housebreaking and launched on a $5,000 bond, in response to data from the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Workplace.
The animal cruelty fees got here after officers from the Tuscaloosa Police Division discovered two canine that have been “significantly malnourished” and “emaciated” at a home rented by Buggs, in response to courtroom paperwork. The courtroom filings reported {that a} neighbor mentioned the canine had been left there for no less than 10 days and had no entry to meals or water. One of many canine was ultimately euthanized. Witnesses mentioned Buggs had moved out of the home every week earlier than the officers discovered the canine.
Buggs’ agent, Trey Robinson, issued a press release saying that the canine didn’t belong to the participant. Robinson mentioned Buggs didn’t know they have been nonetheless on the property and was the goal of a “subversive marketing campaign” to close down a hookah lounge he owns.
The defensive sort out performed faculty soccer for Alabama and spent three seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier than two years with the Detroit Lions. He has began 23 video games and appeared in 56 in his profession, with 89 tackles and two sacks. He had signed a $1.3m contract with Kansas Metropolis for the upcoming season.
