Former Chiefs player Isaiah Buggs sentenced in animal cruelty case

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Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was convicted on two counts of misdemeanor animal cruelty.

Tuscaloosa County District Judge Joanne Jannik sentenced Buggs to a year of hard labor last week, ordering him to serve 60 days. The rest would be suspended for two years "pending the behavior of the defendant."

Buggs is not permitted to have guns or be around them and is prohibited from owning dogs or cats.

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Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs is facing another criminal charge this offseason after being arrested June 16 for domestic violence/battery. (Tuscaloosa County Jail/Getty Images)

The 27-year-old turned himself in late last month in Tuscaloosa for the animal cruelty charges after two dogs were allegedly found "severely malnourished, emaciated and neglected" on the back porch of a rental home he was staying at. 

Buggs was accused of leaving a gray and white pit bull and black rottweiler on the back porch of the home in Tuscaloosa without food or water. The pit bull was free to roam in a screened-in porch, but the rottweiler was allegedly in a metal cage in direct sunlight. 

Isaiah Buggs of the Detroit Lions during a game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium Dec. 30, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

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Court documents obtained by Tuscaloosa Patch said police received information March 28 that dogs were left on the porch. Witnesses claimed Buggs moved out of the home March 19 due to owing over $3,100 in rent. 

Last month, while he awaited his