Henry Ruggs Charged With Four Felonies After Fatal Car Crash

Ruggs was also charged with possessing a gun while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, a misdemeanor punishable in Nevada by a maximum of six months in prison or up to $1,000 in fines, or both.

One of Ruggs’s lawyers, David Chesnoff, did not take questions after the hearing from reporters but urged the public not to prejudge the facts in the case and “to let them do their work in the courtroom.”

The collision occurred, the police said, on Nov. 2 around 3:40 a.m. when the sports car Ruggs was driving slammed into an S.U.V. The fire department was called to the scene, the police said, where it found Tina Tintor, 23, dead in her vehicle. Her dog was also killed. According to the district attorney’s office, Ruggs had been driving as fast as 156 miles per hour. After his initial court appearance, on Nov. 3, Wolfson told reporters that Ruggs’s blood alcohol level was 0.16, or twice Nevada’s legal limit.

The Raiders released Ruggs on Nov. 2.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/10/sports/football/henry-ruggs-felony-car-crash.html