ESPN.com is reporting Federal investigators have stepped into the Michael Vick-dog fighting case. The Feds showed up to the home Vick owns in Surry County, Virginia with a warrant to search the premise. On top of looking for anything they could use to nail Vick to the wall, they were also looking for possible dead dog carcasses burried somewhere on the land.
Surry County Prosecutor Gerald Poindexter is a little confused of the Feds involvement:
“What is foreign to me is the federal government getting into a dogfighting case,” Poindexter said. “I know it’s been done, but what’s driving this? Is it this boy’s celebrity? Would they have done this if it wasn’t Michael Vick?”
Poindexter makes a valid argument, but it doesn’t matter – these investigators are already involved now. Vick still might be exonerated even if he is guilty because lack of evidence, but still, one would think it’s safe to assume the Feds will do a thorough job in trying to convict all involved, no matter who the “name” in the case is.
