10:53 AM PT — Cops tell us Ruggs was behind the wheel, driving his Chevrolet Corvette, when he crashed into a Toyota Rav4 around 3:39 AM. The Toyota caught on fire … and first responders located a deceased person in the SUV.
Ruggs was transported to a local hospital for treatment on non-life-threatening injuries.
Cops tell us the NFL star showed “signs of impairment” at the scene … and the 22-year-old will be charged with DUI resulting in death.
10:40 AM PT — A law enforcement source tells us at least one person involved in the crash has died.
Ruggs’ attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld tell TMZ Sports, “On behalf of our client Henry Ruggs III we are conducting our own investigation as of this writing and ask everyone to reserve judgment until all the facts are gathered.”
10:27 AM PT — A source close to Ruggs tells us the NFL’er is expected to be OK. The condition of the other people involved in the crash is still unclear.
Raiders star wide receiver Henry Ruggs III — the 12th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft — was involved in a serious car accident in Las Vegas Tuesday morning.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Sports … 22-year-old Ruggs was in a wreck in the central Las Vegas Valley area around 3:40 AM.
No word on if cops believe alcohol or drugs played a factor in the accident. It’s still unclear what Ruggs’ condition is. There is a local report that says there was at least one fatality in the crash.
Prior to the crash, it appears Ruggs was at a local Top Golf location in Vegas, he posted video from the facility just before midnight.
Ruggs was a superstar for the Alabama Crimson Tide from 2017-19 … winning a national championship in 2017. The Montgomery, AL native is having a breakout year for the Raiders … with 24 receptions, 469 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Ruggs has previously spoken out about his inspiration to play football … saying it was a childhood friend who encouraged him to try out. The friend tragically passed away at 17 years old, and the receiver has honored him with a salute after every touchdown.
We’ve reached out to Ruggs’ camp and the Raiders for comment. So far, no word back.
The family of Summer Wells, a 5-year-old Tennessee girl who vanished more than four months ago, issued a statement early Sunday after the child’s father was reportedly arrested for DUI and other charges unrelated to his daughter’s disappearance.
Donald Wells was arrested in Hawkins County on Saturday night for allegedly driving under the influence, WJHL-TV reported.
The Wells family posted a statement titled “Thank You For Prayers” on their website dedicated to finding 5-year-old Summer Wells. The child was last seen at her family’s home in Rogersville around 6:30 p.m. on June 15 after her mother said the child returned inside from gardening with her grandmother.
The family of Summer Wells posted a statement on their blog following the reported arrest of the child’s father, Donald Wells, on DUI charges. (FindSummerWells.com)
“[T]hank you everyone for kind messages,” the statement reads. “There are no words to what each day and night is like. We needed cigarettes. IT was a stupid decision. Please keep us in prayer. Keep Don. This pain wont go away. thank you”
Donald Wells is facing multiple charges, including a DUI, having an open container, violation of financial responsibility and others, Sgt. Betty Crawford told WJHL-TV.
No other details about the arrest were immediately released.
Summer Wells, 5, went missing on June 15 from her family’s home in Tennessee, authorities said. Her parents said they believe the child was abducted. (Tennessee Bureau of Investigation )
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Fox News has reached out to the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office.
Meanwhile, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) continues to investigate the disappearance of Summer Wells.
The TBI is asking anyone with information about Wells’ whereabouts to call 1-800-TBI-FIND or contact the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office at 423-272-7121.
A Connecticut police officer was being held on $100,000 bail Saturday, accused of being an impaired driver following a Las Vegas crash that left a fellow officer dead, according to reports.
New Haven police Officer Robert Ferraro, 34, a six-year member of the force, was at the wheel of a 2020 Rolls Royce with three other police officers and two women as passengers when the crash occurred around 4 a.m. Friday, FOX 5 of Las Vegas reported.
The vehicle went out of control and struck an occupied car that was in a private driveway, then continued along the road and struck utility poles, landscaping and a fire hydrant, FOX 5 reported.
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The Rolls Royce eventually flipped over, settling upright after a front-seat passenger was ejected. That passenger, identified as New Haven police Officer Joshua Castellano, 35, a seven-year veteran of the department, was later pronounced dead at a hospital, according to the station.
New Haven police Chief Renee Dominguez paid tribute to the late officer at a Saturday news conference, FOX 61 of Hartford reported.
“In the academy, you knew that Josh had the thing, the thing that’s not teachable,” Dominguez said. “He knew everybody to the point that we received a text message from a woman who lives in Westville Manor, his walking beat initially, saying that her heart was broken and calling him by the nickname that they had given him out in Westville Manor. He did not only touch the men and women in this police department but the community as well.”
Ferraro faces a charge of driving under the influence, resulting in death, and reckless driving resulting in death or substantial bodily harm, the report said. His next court appearance was set for Tuesday.
He was released until then on condition that he stay out of trouble, avoid alcohol and wear a monitoring device, the New Haven Register reported.
The driver was placed on leave with pay by the New Haven Police Department, Dominguez told reporters, according to the Register.
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The two other New Haven police officers in the car were identified as Matthew Borges and John Truhart, and the women, who were not identified, were from San Antonio, Texas, the Register reported.
Neither Borges nor Truhart will be placed on leave, the New Haven police chief said.
An investigation into the crash by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was continuing, FOX 61 of Hartford reported.
New York Mets acting general manager Zack Scott was arrested Tuesday morning in White Plains, New York on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, according to the New York Post. Scott “refused to give blood or submit to a breathalyzer” after being spotted sleeping in his car, but he failed a field sobriety test, White Plains police captain James Spencer told the Post.
The Mets have subsequently announced that Scott will not be on the road as part of the team’s next trip. Further, the Mets released the following statement on Wednesday shortly after the Post‘s report came out: “We were surprised and deeply disappointed to learn this morning about an alleged DUI involving Zack Scott. We take this matter very seriously.”
The Post‘s report notes that Scott is due back in White Plains City Court on Thursday. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported that Scott attended a fundraiser at owner Steve Cohen’s house in Connecticut on the night of the arrest.
Scott initially joined the Mets as an assistant general manager last December after spending nearly two decades with the Boston Red Sox organization. He took over the general manager position in January once the Mets fired Jared Porter following an ESPN report that Porter had harassed a female reporter in part by sending unsolicited, explicit photographs.
Scott’s arrest is the latest and most serious blemish in a week full of bad headlines for the Mets. Just a few days ago, the Mets were embroiled in a controversy stemming from Javier Báez, Francisco Lindor, and Kevin Pillar using a “thumbs down” motion to jeer booing fans. Báez apologized for his part in the controversy on Tuesday, and the Mets subsequently won both ends of a doubleheader against the Miami Marlins.
The Mets entered Wednesday with 65-67 record on the season, putting them 5 1/2 games back in both the National League East and the hunt for the National League’s second wild card spot.
Damon was initially charged with one count of driving under the influence and one count of resisting an officer without violence, according to an arrest affidavit. Court documents show that he pleaded not guilty to the DUI charges, and the resisting charge was dropped.
According to the arrest affidavit, his breathalyzer test was at 0.30% two hours after police first stopped him, nearly four times the state’s 0.08% threshold.
According to the affidavit, an officer said he stopped an SUV around 1:23 a.m. after seeing it drifting in the road and nearly striking a guardrail.
Video shows the moment the officer approached the vehicle. As the door opens, the officer can be heard saying to Damon multiple times, “shut your door” while approaching his SUV. The video shows Damon’s wife, Michelle Mangan-Damon, climb out of the SUV and ask, “What’s happening right now?”
According to the affidavit, the officer described Damon as “extremely unsteady on his feet and his speech was extremely slurred.” The officer added he smelled alcohol coming from Damon.
The officer said that Mangan-Damon continued to disobey his commands to stay in the car, and at one point, Damon then stepped back over between the officer and his wife, the affidavit says.
The officer said he then grabbed Damon and escorted him to stand in front of the police car, ordering him to say there, the affidavit says.
Video shows Mangan-Damon walking toward the driver’s side of the SUV when the officer grabbed her left wrist to stop her. Damon then intervened and got between the officer and the wife.
In the video, the officer can be heard saying “fighting one-two, actually” into his police radio.
The bodycam fell on the ground, showing both Damon and the officer. At one point, Damon can be heard saying a couple of times, “Blue lives matter,” a reference to his support for police officers.
Two officers were eventually able to put Damon and his wife in handcuffs, according to the video and the affidavit.
“I know people are trying to target me because I’m a Trump supporter,” Damon later said.
“I don’t think that has anything to do with it,” an officer responds.
“Yea, it does,” Damon said.
“That’s neither here nor there right now; that’s not why I’m stopping you,” the officer said.
Stuart Hyman, who is representing Damon and his wife, told CNN on Wednesday that the bodycam video doesn’t show some of the allegations made by the police, including the alleged driving pattern that led to the stop.
“If you watch the video, then you saw that the driving pattern wasn’t on the video that was being narrated and yet there was a camera in the car that could have recorded that,” Hyman said.
Hyman added the incident was “not a textbook example of how a police officer should handle this type of situation,” explaining the officer did not try to de-escalate at times when Mangan-Damon was not complying as well as when Damon tried to intervene.
Hyman told CNN Mangan-Damon has not been charged.
CNN has reached out to the Windermere PD for response to the attorney’s statements.
Damon retired from Major League Baseball in 2012 after an 18-year career. He played on seven teams, mostly notably the Kansas City Royals, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos running back Melvin Gordon’s DUI charges were dismissed Wednesday morning in Denver County Court as Gordon pleaded guilty to lesser charges of excessive speeding and reckless driving.
Gordon had a jury trial scheduled for April 8 if the case had not been settled before then. The 27-year-old was arrested Oct. 13 in downtown Denver and charged with DUI; he also was cited for speeding — between 25 and 39 mph over the legal limit.
He did not take a Breathalyzer test at the scene.
The Denver District Attorney’s office dismissed the DUI charges after Gordon’s legal team raised evidentiary concerns. Gordon, who had pleaded not guilty to the DUI charge in January, had a previous hearing rescheduled to Wednesday after his attorneys cited new information.
Gordon will likely avoid league discipline as well. The NFL has previously suspended players who had been charged with reckless driving, including former New York Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas last season, but in that incident Rojas had also been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving without a valid license.
In 2018, then-New York Jets wide receiver Robby Anderson was not suspended by the NFL after he had pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge.
Gordon signed a two-year, $16 million deal with the Broncos last offseason. He led the Broncos in carries (215), rushing yards (986) and rushing touchdowns (nine) this past season.
Wednesday’s dismissal also had potential financial impact for Gordon beyond lost salary due to a league suspension. If Gordon had been suspended, Broncos general manager George Paton could have moved to void $6.5 million worth of guaranteed money for 2021 in Gordon’s deal because of the arrest.
As the season drew to a close, Gordon said: “As far as the contract and all that stuff, I let my agent handle all that — the void and all that stuff. Hopefully I did enough for them to want to keep me here. … So, we’ll see; hopefully it works out, and hopefully they like me enough to kind of put all that stuff to the side. I guess in a couple months or so we’ll see what’s up.”
Two weeks after his arrest, Gordon had said: “I am sorry I was even in the situation … Obviously I try to do my best to walk a straight line and lead by example, things like that. I’m a little upset I even put myself in that situation.”
Bodycam footage of Johnny Damon’s Florida DUI bust was released Tuesday, showing the former MLB outfielder and his wife struggling with police after they were pulled over.
At one point in the nearly two-hours of footage released by the Windermere Police Department, the couple scuffles with an officer who tried to grab Damon’s wife, Michelle Mangan-Damon, as she disobeyed commands to stay in the SUV.
“Don’t touch me,” Mangan-Damon tells the cop during the tense encounter. “Don’t f—ing touch me,” she says, before breaking free and walking away.
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This photo provided by the Orange County, Fla. Corrections Department in Orlando, Fla., shows Johnny Damon. Former Major League Baseball player Johnny Damon was arrested Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in central Florida on a charge of resisting an officer after he was pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence, according to court and jail records. (AP)
Shortly after, another struggle between Damon and an officer ensues, knocking the cop’s bodycam to the ground.
Johnny Damon struggles with police, knocking officer’s bodycam to the ground.
“Stop trying to pull away from me,” the officer tells Damon, who denies he is.
Damon, 47, was pulled over Feb. 18 after police spotted his SUV swerving and hitting a curb.
The former Yankees and Red Sox player reportedly had a blood alcohol level between .294 and .300 — nearly four times the state limit of .08.
FORMER MLB STAR JOHNNY DAMON ARRESTED IN FLORIDA ON DUI CHARGE, POLICE SAY
He was charged with DUI, and his wife was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence, according to clickorlando.com.
During his arrest, Damon said he is pro-police, according to the bodycam footage.
“Believe me, I am Blue Lives Matter,” Damon said. “What are you doing right now? We are all for cops. Guys, we are all for cops.”
He also brought up his politics.
“Hey bro, I’m a good guy and I know people are trying to target me because I’m a Trump supporter,” Damon said.
During his field sobriety test, Damon appeared unsteady on his feet. He repeatedly said: “Yeah, I’m good bro,” according to the video.
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Damon played 18 seasons in the big leagues, spending most of his career with the Royals, Red Sox and Yankees. He was a two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, winning a title with the Yankees in 2009 and Red Sox in 2004.
8:47 AM PT — TMZ Sports has obtained the police report … in which cops say Johnny Damon’s blood-alcohol level was .30, nearly FOUR TIMES the legal limit.
Cops also say Damon’s wife was in the car at the time of the arrest — and describe her as being completely out of control.
In fact, cops say Michelle Mangan-Damon was uncooperative, combative — and at one point, she actually pushed a police officer.
While Johnny was booked for DUI, Michelle was arrested for battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest with violence.
In the police report, cops say Damon was pulled over at around 1:23 AM after officers observed his SUV swerving all over the road.
During the stop, cops say Damon was slurring his speech and unsteady on his feet — and ultimately admitted to drinking alcohol earlier in the evening.
In fact, when asked if he had consumed alcohol, cops say Damon replied “just a little bit” while “motioning with his left hand and fingers in a small pinching motion.”
Before Johnny and Michelle were taken to the station, cops say Michelle told the arresting officer she had a nanny at home with their six children. So, the officer called the nanny and told her that Johnny and Michelle “were going to jail and would not be home for some time.”
While at the station, cops say Johnny agreed to take a breathalyzer test, but noted his wife was advising him against it. Ultimately, cops say Johnny gave two valid breath samples, .30 and .294.
Cops asked Johnny where he was partying before the incident … to which they say he replied, “London House,” which Johnny described as “it’s a guy who had a lot of money … we’re just having a good time there.”
Ex-MLB superstar Johnny Damon was arrested for DUI in Florida early Friday morning — and cops say his blood-alcohol level was more than TWICE the legal limit.
The 47-year-old — who played for the Boston Red Sox and NY Yankees — was pulled over by the Windermere Police Dept. (in the Orlando area) around 8:15 AM.
During the stop, cops say Damon showed signs of intoxication and at some point, they tested his blood alcohol level which came back at “greater than or equal to .20.”
The legal limit to drive is .08.
Damon was arrested and booked on multiple charges including driving under the influence and resisting arrest without violence.
Damon was hauled to a nearby station where he posed for a mug shot — and spent time in a holding cell.
Damon is a 2-time World Series champion and made 2 All-Star teams during his 18 seasons as an MLB player.
After his playing days, Damon appeared as a contestant onDonald Trump‘s “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2014 as well as competing on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2018.
Damon was one of the key cogs in breaking Boston’s famous World Series draught — banding together with his “idiots” to win the title in 2004.
He later left Boston to play for the rival NY Yankees — and cut his famous long hair in the process.
A Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach is under investigation after he was involved in a car crash that left a 5-year-old child with life-threatening injuries.
Britt Reid, the outside linebackers coach and son of head coach Andy Reid, got in a car crash on Thursday near the team’s stadium, according to a Kansas City Missouri Police Department report obtained by ESPN.
The collision involved three vehicles: Britt Reid’s and two others that were parked on the side of the road. One car ran out of gas on the ramp to Interstate 435, so the driver called family members for help.
While the two cars were parked on the side of the ramp, Reid hit the car that ran out of gas and then rear-ended the second car, which left a 4-year-old injured and a 5-year-old with life-threatening injuries. Both children were taken to the hospital, according to the report.
A police officer’s statement obtained by ESPN said the officer at the scene smelled “a moderate odor of alcoholic beverages” and saw that Reid’s eyes were bloodshot.
Reid, who has a history of driving under the influence, admitted that he had a couple of drinks before driving in addition to taking prescribed Adderall, the statement said. Reid ended up complaining about stomach issues and is now in the hospital.
Reid’s injuries are unknown, but he could be in the hospital for days, a source told ESPN. Another source said that Reid will not be going to the Super Bowl on Sunday with his team.
The police told ESPN that any charges won’t be filed until after the Super Bowl. No one else who was involved in the crash suffered life-threatening injuries.
“The organization has been made aware of a multi-vehicle accident involving Outside Linebackers Coach, Britt Reid,” the Chiefs said in a statement. “We are in the process of gathering information, and we will have no further comment at this time. Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved.”
The Hill has reached out to the Kansas City Missouri Police Department for a copy of the report.
