Three years after pleading responsible to felony counts of DUI leading to loss of life and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in 2023, former Raiders vast receiver Henry Ruggs sought parole this spring. The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners denied Ruggs’ request on Thursday, the Associated Press experiences.
Ruggs, whom the Raiders drafted twelfth total in 2020, killed one other driver and her canine in a November 2021 automobile crash. Whereas touring at speeds as much as 156 mph in his Corvette, Ruggs slammed into 23-year-old sufferer Tina Tintor’s automobile. Ruggs refused a subject sobriety take a look at, however a blood alcohol take a look at taken inside two hours registered a BAC of .161 — twice the authorized restrict.
“Mr. Ruggs, and our workplace, proceed to really feel the grief and loss suffered by Ms. Tintor’s household,” attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld stated in a press release on Thursday. They imagine there’s “overwhelming proof” that Ruggs has accepted duty for his actions. It’s unknown if they’ll attraction the outcomes of the listening to.
Ruggs, who’s serving a three- to 10-year jail sentence, was moved from a low-security facility to a a medium-security facility in December. When Vanessa Murphy of KLAS 8 News Now reached out to the Nevada Division of Corrections for the rationale, a spokesperson wrote in an electronic mail:
“We are able to’t disclose particular info on offender. Nonetheless, typically, an offender who commits infractions whereas at a lower-level custody, relying on the character and severity, they may very well be reverted again to a better degree of custody.”
Ruggs’ subsequent parole board listening to will happen three months earlier than his Aug. 27, 2027, obligatory parole launch date, government director of the Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners Kathi Baker instructed the AP.
Ruggs performed 20 video games with the Raiders, who reduce him shortly after his arrest. The 27-year-old has shown interest in returning to the NFL, however that appears even much less probably within the wake of the parole board’s determination on Thursday.
