A defensive lineman who was most lately a part of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs has been sentenced to onerous labor after being convicted of animal cruelty.
Isaiah Buggs, who performed soccer for Alabama, was convicted of two misdemeanor animal cruelty fees on July 19, based on AL.com.
Buggs was sentenced to 12 months of onerous labor in Tuscaloosa County by Tuscaloosa County District Choose Joanne Jannik.
She mentioned 60 days of the sentence have to be served, with the remainder suspended for 2 years pending “the habits of the defendant.”
The choose ordered Buggs not have weapons, cats or canines.
Buggs is interesting the conviction.
In response to WBRC, the 60 days of onerous labor sentence is briefly on maintain whereas Buggs appeals the conviction.
Former Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs has been convicted on two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty fees. https://t.co/hhJFqerYBH
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The incident that led to Buggs’s conviction happened in March, when Metropolis of Tuscaloosa Animal Management officers discovered a feces-covered pit bull in an enclosed porch, based on AL.com. A black rottweiler combine was discovered locked in a metallic cage positioned in direct daylight with no strategy to get meals or water.
The animals had been “severely malnourished, emaciated, uncared for,” officers mentioned, with the rottweiler weighing 52 kilos, effectively beneath what consultants mentioned was regular. The pit bull was later euthanized attributable to aggressive habits and a failed heartworm therapy.
Buggs had rented the home, however left it on March 19, 9 days earlier than the animals had been discovered.
Buggs’ agent, Trey Robinson, has beforehand mentioned the canines didn’t belong to Buggs.
He additionally mentioned Buggs didn’t know they had been on the property.
Robinson has mentioned Buggs “vehemently denies the truthfulness of the allegations and fees asserted towards him.”
Buggs was arrested in June.
In response to WBRC, at the moment Buggs was minimize by the Chiefs.
Buggs had been drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers. After three years in Pittsburgh he performed two years with the Detroit Lions earlier than becoming a member of the Chiefs’ apply squad.
In response to KFVS-TV, Buggs additionally faces home violence fees in connection to an incident through which a lady was dragged down some stairs.
This text appeared initially on The Western Journal.
