SteelerBee43
07-07-2007, 02:37 PM
The Virginian-Pilot reports today that federal authorities discovered a total of 17 dog carcasses (http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=128038&ran=14921&tref=de) in two searches of a property owned by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick (http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/tag/MichaelVick/). That includes seven dogs found the first time the property was searched, on June 7, and 10 dogs found yesterday.
The worst news for Vick may be that court documents put forth by the federal government say dogfights on Vick's property involved bets in the thousands of dollars. Even if the ESPN report yesterday that Vick is unlikely to be indicted (http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/06/report-vick-unlikely-to-be-indicted/) turns out to be correct, any association with gambling -- even just owning a property on which gambling took place -- could land Vick in hot water with the league office.
According to the Virginian-Pilot, the federal complaints says fights on Vick's property usually happened late at night or early in the morning, and sometimes involved two or three matches that lasted several hours. The dog fights generally ended when one dog died or surrendered. Sometimes at the end of a fight, the losing dog was drowned, strangled, hanged, shot or electrocuted, the report said.
Vick's lawyer declined to comment. http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/07/17-dogs-buried-on-michael-vicks-property/
The worst news for Vick may be that court documents put forth by the federal government say dogfights on Vick's property involved bets in the thousands of dollars. Even if the ESPN report yesterday that Vick is unlikely to be indicted (http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/06/report-vick-unlikely-to-be-indicted/) turns out to be correct, any association with gambling -- even just owning a property on which gambling took place -- could land Vick in hot water with the league office.
According to the Virginian-Pilot, the federal complaints says fights on Vick's property usually happened late at night or early in the morning, and sometimes involved two or three matches that lasted several hours. The dog fights generally ended when one dog died or surrendered. Sometimes at the end of a fight, the losing dog was drowned, strangled, hanged, shot or electrocuted, the report said.
Vick's lawyer declined to comment. http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/07/07/17-dogs-buried-on-michael-vicks-property/