VIDEO: Chiefs DT Isaiah Buggs surrenders to police over animal cruelty charges
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (KCTV) - A defensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs turned himself into Alabama police after a judge issued two warrants for his arrest.
A WBRC photographer was outside the Tuscaloosa County Jail when Isaiah Buggs arrived Thursday morning.
Buggs was formerly booked on two misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty. He spent about an hour at the jail before he paid a $600 bond and walked out of the jail.
As he left the building, a photographer for WBRC in Birmingham asked him a question. Video from the camera shows Buggs pushing the camera out of the way.
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“Don’t walk up on me,” Buggs is heard saying.
A complaint filed in Tuscaloosa District Court says police found a pit bull and rottweiler on March 28 at a home Buggs had been renting. The complaint said the dogs were found without food and water for several days and said Buggs moved out several days before the dogs were found.
Court documents said dogs were placed into the custody of the Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter, and, according to court documents, the rottweiler had parvo and was underweight. Unfortunately, the pit bull had to be euthanized.
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The investigation into the abandoned dogs remains underway.
The 27-year-old’s agent Trey Robinson of AthElite Agency released a statement about the charges against his client on Wednesday:
KCTV5 asked for another comment after Buggs turned himself into police. Robinson declined the request.
The City of Tuscaloosa also refused to comment on the incident due to pending litigation, something it said was their protocol.
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Buggs was drafted in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Buggs signed a reserve/futures contract with the Chiefs on Feb. 13, 2024, after signing on the Chiefs practice squad on Jan. 4, 2024.
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