Former Raiders player Ruggs moves to transitional housing facility

Former Raiders football player Henry Ruggs has been transferred to a transitional housing facility, according to the Nevada Department of Corrections website.

The department’s inmate search indicated that Ruggs had been moved to the Casa Grande Transitional Center as of Wednesday.

Casa Grande, in Las Vegas and less than a mile from Allegiant Stadium, is a dormitory-style facility that houses up to 400 non-violent offenders within 18 months of their parole eligibility date.

“The main purpose of Casa Grande was, and still is, to allow these “residents” the opportunity to seek work and secure permanent housing prior to reintegrating into society,” read the NDOC website.

The offender website also lists Ruggs as a “Community Trustee,” meaning he has “limited potential to misbehave” and low escape risk while assigned to community work. Trustees can leave the correctional facility for outside work without direct supervision, according to the department.

Ruggs has moved facilities twice since he was taken into custody in Aug. 2023. After he pleaded guilty to felony DUI resulting in death and misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, he was sentenced to three to 10 years in prison.

Initially booked into High Desert State Prison, Ruggs was moved to Stewart Conservation Camp in northern Nevada one month into his incarceration.

Ruggs, who was speeding up to 156 mph down Rainbow Boulevard, slammed his Chevrolet Corvette Stingray into the back of an SUV driven by Tina Tintor, 23, on Nov. 2, 2021. The Stingray collided so violently that Tintor’s vehicle was engulfed in flames, which trapped and killed her and her dog, police have said.

Prosecutors have said that after the crash, Ruggs’ blood alcohol level was 0.16 percent, twice the legal limit for drivers in Nevada. Ruggs was released from the Raiders shortly after the crash.

Contact Akiya Dillon at adillon@reviewjournal.com.