Henry Ruggs ordered to appear in court over missed alcohol test

A Las Vegas justice ordered Henry Ruggs to look successful tribunal again soon aft she said the erstwhile Raiders’ wide receiver missed an intoxicant test.

Justice of the Peace Suszan Baucum made the connection arsenic Ruggs’ lawyers appeared successful tribunal seeking each Clark County Fire Department communications related to a deadly Nov. 2 crash.

Baucum did not contented a subpoena for the occurrence section records. She said the defence tin contented its ain subpoena. Prosecutors indicated the section volition merchandise the nationalist records to the defense.

Defense lawyers for the erstwhile Raiders wide receiver filed tribunal papers past week saying they person a witnesser who alleges that firefighters failed to rapidly enactment retired the occurrence successful Tina Tintor’s RAV4.

The witnesser indicated that firefighters “did not effort to extinguish the occurrence astatine Ms. Tintor’s conveyance for astir 20 minutes, astatine which clip the full conveyance was engulfed successful flames,” the lawyers wrote.

Tintor’s Toyota burst into flames aft Ruggs, who prosecutors said was driving 156 mph seconds earlier the crash, slammed into the backmost of her car successful a residential country adjacent Rainbow Boulevard and Spring Valley Parkway. The 23-year-old Las Vegas woman died astatine the scene.

Ruggs’ humor intoxicant level measured 0.16 percent aft the crash, prosecutors person said. That is doubly the ineligible bounds for Nevada drivers.

The 22-year-old has been charged with felony counts of DUI resulting successful death, DUI resulting successful important bodily harm, and 2 counts of reckless driving resulting successful decease oregon important bodily harm successful transportation with Tintor’s death and injuries his longtime girlfriend, Rudy Washington, suffered successful the crash.

Ruggs besides has been charged with a misdemeanor number of possession of a firearm portion nether the influence, tribunal records show. Authorities person said a loaded limb was recovered successful his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray aft the crash.

He faces up to 40 years down bars if convicted of the DUI counts.

Rugg’s lawyers — David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld — are seeking support from the tribunal to subpoena each Fire Department communications regarding the crash, including substance messages, video footage, photographs, log reports and recordings of dispatch calls.

The witness, who was not identified successful the motion, told attorneys helium was location adjacent erstwhile helium heard the collision and went extracurricular to the clang scene.

Firefighters were astatine the country erstwhile the witnesser arrived, and the occurrence successful Tintor’s conveyance was “limited to 1 exterior area,” according to the defence papers.

Clark County spokesperson Erik Pappa has defended the firefighters’ actions astatine the scene.

“There were nary delays successful effect oregon successful the onslaught connected the fire,” helium told the Las Vegas Review-Journal past week. “The skipper connected the country reported that the conveyance was afloat progressive successful occurrence upon accomplishment and the rider compartment was not survivable for anyone inside.”

Pappa said determination was a “continuous rekindle” successful 1 country of the car, which continuously reignited. Pappa said that was “not antithetic successful conveyance fires.”

Defense attorneys this week besides filed tribunal documents arguing that turning implicit Ruggs’ aesculapian records and allowing wellness attraction professionals to attest astir Ruggs’ attraction pursuing the clang violates doctor-patient privilege.

A proceeding regarding the aesculapian records is scheduled for Dec. 8.

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