Article 6BMTG Henry Ruggs faces up to 10 years in jail after pleading guilty in fatal DUI crash

Henry Ruggs faces up to 10 years in jail after pleading guilty in fatal DUI crash

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  • Ruggs pleads guilty to driving while drunk in fatal Vegas crash
  • Ex-Raider was driving at speeds up to 156 mph on city street

Ex-Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs pleaded guilty Wednesday to driving his sports car drunk at speeds up to 156mph on a city street before causing a fiery crash that killed a woman and her dog.

Guilty," said the former first-round NFL draft pick, 24, who will avoid trial and is expected to be sentenced on 9 August to three to 10 years in state prison under terms of his plea deal with prosecutors. The minimum three-year sentence cannot be reduced by converting the year and a half that he has spent on house arrest to time already served.

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