Raiders’ Charles Snowden is arrested for DUI after cops were tipped off about ‘suspicious vehicle’
The Las Vegas Raiders are dealing with another drunk-driving arrest.
Three years after wide receiver and first-round draft pick Henry Ruggs III killed a woman and her dog in a fiery Las Vegas car crash, TMZ is reporting that Raiders defensive end Charles Snowden has been charged with DUI in Nevada.
Court records obtained by TMZ show Snowden is facing a single misdemeanor count.
Las Vegas’ 8 News Now reported that the 26-year-old Snowden was booked at the Clark County Detention Center early Tuesday morning and released. Las Vegas Metro Police arrested Snowden on Rainbow Boulevard near Sunset Road on the southwest side of the city after witnesses reported a ‘suspicious vehicle.’
Raiders spokespeople did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
Undrafted out of Virginia, the 26-year-old Snowden is in his first full NFL season. Although he was undrafted, the Maryland native has carved out a roll for the Raiders after serving on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ practice squad in 2022.
Raiders defensive end Charles Snowden has been charged with DUI in Nevada
Las Vegas Metro Police arrested Snowden on Rainbow Boulevard near Sunset Road on the southwest side of the city after witnesses reported a ‘suspicious vehicle’
Snowden’s arrest comes three years after the most notorious drunk-driving incident in NFL history.
Ruggs was sentenced in 2023 to at least three years in a Nevada prison for killing23-year-old Tina Tintor in a fiery crash while driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156 mph on a city street.
‘I sincerely apologize,’ the former first-round NFL draft pick said as he stood for sentencing in Las Vegas after pleading guilty in 2023 to felony DUI causing death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, a charge carrying a six-month jail sentence that will be folded in with his three-to-10-year prison term.
Ruggs, now 25, was cut by the Raiders while he was still hospitalized following the predawn crash on November 2, 2021. The collision killed Tintor and her dog, Max, and injured Ruggs’ passenger, Kiara Je´nai Kilgo-Washington, his fiancée and mother of their daughter.
‘I have no excuses,’ Ruggs said, citing pain the case has caused his family, teammates and Tintor’s family. Ruggs said that after prison, he intends to counsel others ‘about the dangers of driving at unsafe speed and driving and drinking.’
In a statement read in court by Tintor´s cousin, David Strbac, Tintor´s mother, Mirjana Komazec, offered grief, grace and memories of ‘what it was like to hug and embrace her, knowing we will never be able to kiss her on her forehead or tell her how much we love her and how absolutely proud of her we are.’
Ex-Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III’s case has been delayed by a judge issue
Tina Tintor, 23,’died from thermal injuries due to a motor vehicle collision’ in November 2021
Ruggs (left) and his girlfriend, Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington (right), were injured in the wreck
‘We pray that Henry Ruggs is blessed with the opportunity to be able watch his beautiful daughter grow into the amazing woman she can be,’ Komazec’s statement said. ‘And we pray that this terrible accident inspires positive change in the world. We pray that we all take away the importance of looking out for one another, remembering everyone we meet is another human´s loved one.’
In court filings ahead of the sentencing, Ruggs’ attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld, included letters from high school administrators and teachers in Montgomery, Alabama, who praised Ruggs, and a testimonial from Democratic Alabama state Rep. Phillip Ensler.
‘Mr. Ruggs is a man of good character who made a terrible mistake,’ the attorneys said in the presentencing memorandum. ‘His remorse is deep and sincere.’
His plea deal avoided a trial that Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said posed obstacles for conviction because Ruggs was not administered a field sobriety test following the crash and his defense attorneys argued that Ruggs´ blood-alcohol test was improperly obtained at the hospital.
Wolfson, a Democrat, said the blood test provided ‘virtually’ the only proof that Ruggs was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. It revealed that Ruggs had a blood-alcohol level of 0.16 percent – twice the legal limit in Nevada – after the rear-end wreck ignited a fire in Tintor’s Toyota Rav 4.
