Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs arrested on domestic violence, burglary charges weeks after animal cruelty arrest

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By Zach Braziller

It’s been a busy offseason for the Chiefs for the wrong reasons, and it is only continuing.

Defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs is in trouble with the law again, charged with domestic violence and burglary, according to ProFootballTalk.

Last month, Buggs, 27, was hit with a pair of misdemeanors in an animal cruelty case. Buggs turned himself into police in Tuscaloosa after allegedly mistreating two dogs, one of which had to be euthanized.

Police had issued arrest warrants for Buggs over charges of two counts of second-degree animal cruelty on May 29 and a day later he surrendered at the Tuscaloosa County Jail, according to reports.

Police said that a neighbor reported two dogs had been left on the back porch of a place the Chiefs player was renting. When animal control arrived, a gray and white pit bull and a black Rottweiler were found without access to food and water.

His agent Trey Robinson denied any wrongdoing and claimed the issue stemmed from an “on-going subversive campaign” to force Buggs to close down the hookah lounge he owns in Tuscaloosa.

Robinson said as part of his statement at the time that Buggs does not “condone the mistreatment of any animal” and that the dogs weren’t his nor was he aware that they had remained at the property.

Buggs isn’t the only Chiefs player to have off-the-field problems.

Receiver Rashee Rice has eight pending felony charges from a street-racing incident in Dallas and weeks later allegedly hit a photographer at a nightclub.

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.