Henry Ruggs III was denied parole on June 11, nearly five years after a November 2021 drunken driving crash killed Tina Tintor, 23, and her dog. The former Las Vegas Raiders receiver had pleaded guilty in May 2023 and, under parole guidelines, was considered a
Henry Ruggs III learned his parole request would not move forward on June 11, a decision that landed nearly five years after a November 2021 crash changed lives and ended in death.
Ruggs. the former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver. was denied parole after being sentenced to prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a woman. The case has always carried the weight of a single. violent moment: Las Vegas police said Ruggs’ Chevrolet Corvette reached speeds of up to 156 mph just before slamming into the back of an SUV.
The collision took Tina Tintor, 23, and her dog. The Clark County (Nevada) Coroner’s Office determined both Tintor and her dog died from thermal injuries caused by the crash.
Ruggs’ blood-alcohol level was 0.161%, more than twice Nevada’s legal limit. In May 2023, he pleaded guilty to one count of felony DUI causing death and one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. Under a plea deal with the Clark County (Nevada) District Attorney’s office. he received a prison term of three to 10 years.
His parole hearing, held initially in May via Zoom, did not erase what the fatal crash set in motion.
Ruggs told the parole board he took “full responsibility for my actions that led to Ms. Tintor’s death and her dog, Max.” He also said, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, “Not a minute goes by where I don’t think of the pain I caused her family, her friends and the Las Vegas community.”
In that same May hearing, Nevada Board of Parole commissioner Sandy Schmitt said Ruggs was considered a low risk, and that guidelines recommend release after a first or second hearing, as reported by the Review-Journal.
But parole did not come on June 11.
Ruggs’ correctional path has also moved along. He was transferred in October 2025 from a low-security transitional housing center to the Northern Nevada Correctional Center, a medium-security facility.
The decision to deny parole lands with particular force given Ruggs’ own timetable for the future and the way the case unfolded through the justice system. In May 2023. he entered a guilty plea—acknowledging both the felony DUI causing death and the misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter—and the sentence that followed set a range of three to 10 years. When parole entered the picture. the language from officials in May suggested a low risk assessment with guidelines pointing toward release after early hearings.
Yet the June 11 denial means time continues to run against those expectations, even as the crash’s consequences remain fixed: Tina Tintor, 23, and her dog were killed, and Ruggs’ actions were marked by a blood-alcohol level of 0.161% and speeds police said reached 156 mph.
For Ruggs, the NFL question has stayed tied to his release date.
At a Hope for Prisoners event in Las Vegas on June 25. the 27-year-old said he hopes to resume his playing career once he is released from prison. “I’m in this newfound spiritual space. and I’m confident in who I am and what I can do. ” he said at the event. as reported by the Review-Journal. “So, when the time comes, I’m sure I’ll be ready.”.
He added he would welcome another opportunity with the Raiders, but the people who drafted him and coached him are no longer with the organization.
Ruggs’ career began with Alabama, where he starred and helped the Crimson Tide win a national title in 2018. The Raiders selected him with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. making him the first receiver taken—he went ahead of future Pro Bowl players CeeDee Lamb. Jerry Jeudy. and Justin Jefferson. among others.
As a rookie, Ruggs recorded 26 catches for 452 yards and two touchdowns. In seven games in 2021, he matched that output with 24 catches, 469 yards, and two touchdowns before the Raiders released him just hours after his arrest.
Now. with parole denied on June 11. the next chapter for Ruggs is set not by an NFL return. but by continued confinement—while the facts that defined the case—156 mph. a blood-alcohol level of 0.161%. and the deaths of Tina Tintor and her dog—remain the central point the justice system has already ruled on.
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