Former University of Alabama football star and Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs was arrested again Sunday in Tuscaloosa, according to county jail records.
According to Tuscaloosa County Jail records, Buggs was arrested Sunday on suspicion of second-degree domestic violence and second-degree theft and is being held on a 12-hour domestic violence hold and $5,000 bail.
The Tuscaloosa Police Department said in a statement Sunday that Buggs was arrested after officers responded to a 911 call made at 5:28 a.m. Sunday from the 1600 block of Mimosa Park Road.
As a result of the investigation, Buggs was charged with domestic violence and theft and booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail, both Class B felonies, according to police.
Tuscaloosa police say more information will be released through court documents on Monday.
Buggs has been charged multiple times in Tuscaloosa this year, including with shoving Tuscaloosa Police Chief Brent Blankley and pushing several officers.
Last month, Buggs was arrested on animal cruelty charges after he moved out of a rental home in Tuscaloosa where two dogs were found “severely malnourished, emaciated and neglected.”
Buggs, through his agent, Trey Robinson, said the dogs were not his and he had no idea they were still in the rental property.
Robinson did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday's arrest, but previously said Buggs' arrest was part of a “disruptive campaign to force the closure of locally owned King's Hooker Lounge.”
Buggs has been arrested twice for misdemeanor offenses at King's Hooker Lounge, including an incident where Buggs allegedly shoved Blankley after the 2024 Alabama A-Day game.
According to police records, officers were called to the lounge in the early morning hours of April 14 after complaints about the lounge's parking encroaching on other businesses.
Officials reported that 283 people were in the club, well above its capacity of 83.
Officers made contact with Buggs, who was cited for overcrowding in violation of fire codes.
According to the records, Buggs became enraged and said, “These kids better not touch me” and “I'm not going to go in handcuffs.”
Buggs started to walk away, but the police chief put his hand on his shoulder and led him back inside the building.
“Buggs turned around and shoved Chief Blankley into several officers,” the document states. A scuffle ensued, and it took several officers to handcuff Buggs.
No one was injured.
Buggs was charged with resisting arrest and two outstanding warrants from 2023 involving lounge overcrowding and violating ordinances to “keep the alleyway free of litter and trash.”
The following week, Buggs was allegedly involved in another incident at the lounge.
A woman named Jamila Jackson said she was leaving the lounge on April 23 when Buggs and both of his brothers yelled at her to leave.
According to the indictment, Detallion-Buggs threw a cup at Jackson's car, which ricocheted and hit her in the face. One of the brothers became angry because she thought Jackson was being disrespectful, and Detallion-Buggs shoved Jackson, saying, “Okay, you got what you deserved.”
According to records, Isaiah Buggs already had a gun and his brother went to get one, and they both pointed their guns at Jackson's car and told her to leave.
She left the scene and later filed a police report, though she said she didn't call police that night because she was “too busy.” Officers noted she had a small scar under her eye where she believed the cup had hit her.
Buggs was charged with criminal intimidation.
Buggs was subsequently charged with aggravated assault on April 25. Authorities said that while the threatening note was being delivered, Buggs reached into his pocket and pulled out a gun.
Buggs, 28, played at the University of Alabama in 2017 and 2018, winning a College Football Playoff championship in 2018.
Buggs re-signed with the Chiefs on Feb. 14 after joining Kansas City's practice squad last season to play in Super Bowl 55 with the team.
Buggs spent most of the 2023 season with the Detroit Lions before being waived on Jan. 2. Two days later, he signed with the Chiefs.
Buggs, a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, played in 29 games and 433 defensive snaps over three seasons with Pittsburgh but was waived by the Steelers on the eve of the final game of the 2021 season.
Buggs, who signed with the Lions just before 2022 training camp, played in all 17 games for Detroit that season, starting 13 of them. In 755 defensive snaps, he recorded 46 tackles, one sack, 10 quarterback hits, two pass breakups and one forced fumble.
*Updated with additional details from Tuscaloosa Police.
