Report: Vick Heavily Into Dogfighting
One of three dogs removed from a house owned by Atlanta's Michael Vick is shown last week. Vick has been under investigation since April 25 when police conducting a drug investigation raided the house owned by the quarterback in rural Surry County and found dozens of dogs and found items associated with dog fighting.
(Joe Fudge - AP)
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was at a dogfight in 2000 and is "one of the heavyweights" in the sport, ESPN reported.
The network yesterday cited a police informant whom a dogfighting investigator called "extremely reliable."
"That's who bets a large dollar," the informant said on the show "Outside the Lines." "And they have the money to bet large money. And I'm talking about large money, 30 to 40 thousand, even higher. He's one of the heavyweights."
When asked how he knows Vick bets that amount, the informant said, "Because I've seen it."
The informant said his dog beat Vick's dog in 2000, the year before Vick was chosen by the Falcons with the first pick in the NFL draft.
Investigator David Hunt said information from the informant has "resulted in the arrest of several individuals over the past few years, numerous search warrants, as well as convictions."
Surry County (Va.) Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter said Friday he is confident charges will be brought in the investigation of a possible dogfighting operation at a house then owned by Vick. Dogfighting is a felony in Virginia.
Police raided the rural home April 25 as part of a drug investigation. They seized 66 dogs, 55 of them pit bulls, and equipment that could be associated with dogfighting.
Vick has said he let a cousin, Davon Boddie, live at the house, and he didn't know a large kennel on the property could be involved in criminal activity.
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