The Kansas City Chiefs’ wild offseason is showing no signs of slowing down, as one of their players has been arrested for the second time amid the break.
ProFootballTalk has confirmed that Chiefs defensive end Isaiah Buggs has been arrested and is facing charges of second-degree domestic violence and burglary. Their report follows the Tuscaloosa Patch’s Ryan Phillips tweeting as much along with a mugshot photo.
“Tuscaloosa County Jail records show former Tide defensive lineman and Kansas City Chief Isaiah Buggs was arrested for burglary on Sunday,” Phillips noted.
“PFT has confirmed that defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs has been arrested, again,” ProFootballTalk has also reported. “This time, he’s charged with domestic violence/burglary. (Ryan Phillips of Tuscaloosa Patch had it first, as best we can tell.)
“Court records show a $5,000 bond. It’s not clear whether he has been released from custody.”
You can check out the mugshot below:
Tuscaloosa County Jail records show former Tide defensive lineman and Kansas City Chief Isaiah Buggs was arrested for burglary on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/HkqZAWqPgh
— Ryan Phillips (@JournoRyan) June 16, 2024
The Kansas City Chiefs DE Had Already Been Arrested This Offseason
As mentioned above, Isaiah Buggs has already had a brush with the law this offseason.
The defensive player was charged with misdemeanors in an animal cruelty case last month. His attorney declared that the charges were part of a harassment campaign as authorities are trying to force Buggs to shut down a hookah lounge he owns in Tuscaloosa.
Buggs was drafted out of the sixth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2019. He had stints with the Las Vegas Raiders and Detroit Lions before signing for the Chiefs practice squad in January and going on to earn a Super Bowl ring.
He has since been signed to their 90-man roster.
Kansas City Chiefs’ Isaiah Buggs arrested for second time & charged with domestic violence months after signing contract
KANSAS City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs has been arrested for the second time since May, jail records show.
The 27-year-old NFL player was signed to the Chiefs‘ practice squad in January and to a reserve/future contract after Super Bowl 58.
Buggs has been charged with second-degree domestic violence and burglary.
The court records reveal that Buggs was released on a $5,000 bond.
Last month, Buggs was charged with two misdemeanors in an animal cruelty case.
One of the charges concerned Buggs’ alleged mistreatment toward two dogs as one of them was allegedly “on the screened-in back porch surrounded in feces with no access to food or water.”
The other dog was allegedly “locked in a metal cage in direct sunlight with no access to food or water,” per Tuscaloosa Patch.
One of the canines was reportedly later euthanized.
Buggs turned himself into the police regarding the allegations.
However, Buggs’ lawyer said the charges were part of a larger “subversive campaign” to force the closure of a hookah lounge that the NFL veteran owns in Tuscaloosa.
Buggs has been charged numerous times in the Alabama city this year.
He was arrested twice for misdemeanors at his Kings Hookah Lounge.
One of the arrests included an incident after the 2024 Alabama A-Day game in which Buggs allegedly shoved Tuscaloosa Police Chief Brent Blankley.
Buggs began his NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2019.
He joined the Detroit Lions in 2022 and played there for two seasons.
The Lions released Buggs on January 2 and he joined the Chiefs two days later.
On February 17, he re-signed with Kansas City after being on the practice squad for the team’s Super Bowl appearance which saw them beat the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime.
The five-year veteran Buggs has 89 tackles and two sacks in 56 career regular-season appearances.
The Chiefs have had numerous off-the-field legal issues this offseason.
Kansas City star wideout Rashee Rice has eight pending felony charges against him due to a March street-racing incident in Dallas.
It’s been rumored that the 2023 second-round pick could face a multiple-game suspension in the upcoming season.
The Chiefs will begin training camp next month as they look to win their third straight championship.
VIDEO: NFL Fans Noticed Something Very Strange About Chiefs DL Isaiah Buggs’ Instagram Story He Posted Just Hours Before His Disturbing Arrest
Isaiah Buggs is flirting with never playing in the NFL again after his alleged actions.
The Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman was arrested on a domestic violence/burglary charge and booked into Tuscaloosa County jail over the weekend. He was also charged with two misdemeanors stemming from an animal cruelty case back in May.
Buggs went viral for all the wrong reasons for that arrest, but he also went viral for what he posted online.
Hours before he would be arrested and behind bars on a $5,000 bond, Isaiah Buggs took to his Instagram story and posted about his personal “growth.”
“Proud of my growth as a man and father,” he wrote in a caption of an Instagram story.
Isaiah Buggs Instagram story 17 hours before his arrest for domestic violence.
“Proud of my growth as a man and father”😬 https://t.co/PoVINq7hg8 pic.twitter.com/Fxbgwkdyq1
— IG: NFLPreme (@premefootball) June 16, 2024
Buggs is not starting off his career with the Chiefs, who signed him in January after the Lions released him last year, in the best way.
It was later reported that the 27-year-old was on a 24-hour domestic violence hold and eventually bonded out and released on Monday. Prosecutors filed a motion to revoke his bond on the animal cruelty charges because a condition of his previous release from jail was to not commit any new crimes, per Al.com.
A Second Arrest Could Virtually End The Career of Isaiah Buggs
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was arrested and put behind bars for yet another time in his life.
Buggs has been charged with second-degree domestic violence and second-degree burglary in this latest arrest.
This latest arrest is reportedly his fourth in Tuscaloosa in recent months.
The previous one came in May, which was two counts of second-degree animal cruelty.
Yahoo reported that Buggs was previously arrested on April 14 following an incident at the Kings Hookah Lounge. He was charged with menacing, assault, and a city code infraction after allegedly shoving Tuscaloosa Police Chief Brent Blankley.
In another incident, Buggs and his brother were accused of pointing handguns at a woman during a confrontation at the hookah lounge.
