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Ruggs didn’t act alone everybody
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TMZ https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/04/henry-ruggs-dui-crash-video-swearing-sobbing-raiders-nfl/
Former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III received a stern talking-to from a Las Vegas judge but was allowed to remain under house arrest with a continuous alcohol monitor on one ankle and a GPS monitor on the other following a fatal crash he's accused of causing by driving drunk.
Justice of the Peace Suzan Baucum told Ruggs and his lawyers she was "comfortable with a higher level of monitoring" after a hearing about a delay in Ruggs providing a remote breath alcohol test with a hand-held device on Nov. 13.
"But if there are any misses, if there are any problems, if there is any alcohol detected in your system, you need to know that's going to be problematic for this court going forward," she said.
Attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld said their client took a test anyway "out of an abundance of caution" on Nov. 13 and met a three-hour requirement by submitting the negative test.
"Henry still did the right thing by testing within the window," Chesnoff said, standing with Ruggs before the judge. "He should not be punished because his case attracts so much attention."
Since his Nov. 3 release from jail on $150,000 bail, Ruggs has passed more than 77 breath alcohol tests, his lawyer told the judge.
Ruggs' lawyers also submitted testimonials from two people who said they were with Ruggs when he missed the call Nov. 13 and didn't hear a signal from the monitor.
Las Vegas police still have Ruggs' cellphone, Chesnoff said, and he has now provided a new phone number to the monitoring system, SCRAM of Nevada.
The hand-held device emitted a signal while Ruggs stood before the judge, requiring Ruggs to submit a breath test after his court hearing.
Police and prosecutors say Ruggs, 22, and his girlfriend, Kiara Je'nai Kilgo-Washington, were injured in the predawn Nov. 2 crash when Ruggs' Chevrolet Corvette slammed into the rear of a Toyota Rav4 that caught fire.
Tina Tintor and her dog died in the crash. She was 23.
Chesnoff didn't specify Ruggs' injuries but told the judge that a leg cast that initially prevented the use of the ankle monitor has been removed.
Chesnoff and Schonfeld are fighting separately to block prosecutors from accessing Ruggs' medical records, and an attorney for Kilgo-Washington has launched a similar effort on her behalf. A Dec. 8 hearing is scheduled on that question.
Prosecutors said Ruggs' blood alcohol level was 0.16% -- twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada -- and his vehicle hit speeds of 156 mph before the crash.
Ruggs is due for a Dec. 16 evidence hearing on two felony driving under the influence charges that each carry mandatory prison time of two to 20 years if he's convicted, plus felony reckless driving and a misdemeanor weapon charge. Police say they found a loaded handgun in his wrecked sports car.
The Raiders released Ruggs just hours after the crash.
The team made Ruggs their first pick in the 2020 NFL draft, from Alabama, and he had been an emerging player for the Raiders this season.
Attorneys Richard Schonfeld and David Chesnoff argued to Justice of the Peace Pro Tem Robert Walsh that while Nevada state law allows police and prosecutors to obtain blood tests for blood alcohol levels, first responders should not be compelled to testify about Ruggs' condition after the crash.
Ruggs' attorneys argued that Justice of the Peace Suzan Baucum had issued an "overbroad" warrant that gave police access to more evidence than simple blood alcohol results from blood, breath and urine tests.
Walsh expects to issue his ruling in the morning, court executive assistant Ryan Creel said.
Ruggs, 22, is facing four felony counts -- DUI resulting in death, DUI resulting in substantial bodily harm and two reckless driving charges -- as well as a misdemeanor charge of possession of a gun while under the influence of alcohol after allegedly driving up to 156 mph with a blood alcohol level of 0.16%, twice the legal limit in Nevada.
He is facing a mandatory two years in prison and up to 50 years in convicted, after his 2020 Chevrolet Corvette hit Tina Tintor's 2103 Toyota Rav4, which caught fire.
Due next week for a preliminary hearing of evidence, Ruggs and his girlfriend Kiara Je'nai Kilgo-Washington were also injured in the crash, though attorneys for both have declined to give specifics on their injuries while fighting to keep their medical records sealed.
Tina Tintor, 23, of Las Vegas, "died from thermal injuries due to a motor vehicle collision on Nov. 2," according to a statement from Clark County Coroner Melanie Rouse that was released through a county spokesperson.
"Other significant conditions contributing to her death were inhalation of products of combustion, fractures of the nasal bones, right sided ribs ... left forearm and (chest)," the statement said. "The manner of her death was accidental."
Las Vegas Review-Journal (Full Court Hearing): Henry Ruggs ordered to wear ankle monitor. A judge ordered former Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs to wear an ankle monitor that measures his alcohol level through his skin 24 hours a day after he missed reporting one of his daily alcohol tests.