Former Raiders Receiver Denied Parole Five Years After Fatal Crash

The Nevada Board of Parole Commissioners denied parole Thursday to former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III, nearly five years after a drunken-driving crash that killed 23-year-old Tina Tintor and her dog in Las Vegas. Ruggs will next be eligible for a parole hearing three months before his Aug.

24, 2027, mandatory release date. A Nevada court sentenced him in August 2023 to three to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to DUI resulting in death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter.

Police said Ruggs was driving a Chevrolet Corvette Stingray at 156 mph with a blood-alcohol level twice Nevada's legal limit when he struck the rear of Tintor's Toyota RAV4. The impact propelled her vehicle 571 feet before it caught fire; Tintor and her dog died from thermal injuries.

Ruggs told the parole board last month he takes full responsibility for his actions and prays daily for Tintor's family. He also said he wants to care for his six-year-old daughter and his fiancée, who was a passenger in the crash.

Ruggs' attorneys said in a Thursday statement that Ruggs and his legal team continue to feel the grief suffered by Tintor's family and expressed disappointment with the board's decision. During a May appearance before the board, one of Ruggs' attorneys urged members to treat the case the same as any other and to disregard Ruggs' public profile.

>"Ruggs, and our office, continue to feel the grief and loss suffered by Ms.