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Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III has pleaded guilty to killing a woman and her dog while drink-driving in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n The 24-year-old will avoid a trial but is expected to be jailed for three to 10 years under the terms of his plea agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ruggs was driving up to 156mph when he crashed into Tina Tintor’s car, causing it to burst into flames.<\/span><\/p>\n He was found to be more than twice the legal drink-drive limit in Nevada.<\/span><\/p>\n Ruggs pleaded guilty to one count of DUI (driving under the influence) resulting in death and one count of misdemeanour vehicular manslaughter at Clark County District Court in Las Vegas.<\/span><\/p>\n The minimum three-year sentence cannot be reduced by converting the 18 months Ruggs has spent on house arrest to time already served.<\/span><\/p>\n He would have faced a mandatory minimum of two years in prison but potentially up to 50 years had he been convicted at trial.<\/span><\/p>\n District Attorney Steven B Wolfson said in a statement that the charge of driving under the influence resulting in death was “the most serious charge the law allows” when someone dies as the result of a drunken driver’s actions.<\/span><\/p>\n Other charges against Ruggs were dismissed under the plea agreement, including felony reckless driving, driving under the influence causing substantial injury to a passenger in his car – his girlfriend Kiara Je’nai Kilgo-Washington – and a misdemeanour gun charge stemming from the discovery by police of a loaded gun in his car, which Ruggs agreed to forfeit.<\/span><\/p>\n