Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick faces up to six years behind bars for allegedly running a dogfighting ring.
A federal grand jury in Virginia indicted the 27-year-old Vick and three associates for fighting dogs for money and traveling over state lines to participate in dog fighting.
Authorities say starting in 2001, Vick's rookie year in the NFL, he and his co-defendants ran "Bad Newz Kennels" out of a Virginia property Vick owns.
They say people from Texas to New York came there for dog fights sometimes worth thousands of dollars.
According to the indictment, the fights would end with either one dog killing another, or the losing dog being electrocuted or shot to death.
The indictment also accuses Vick and the three other men of hanging, drowning or fatally beating dogs that they decided were not good fighters.
Vick, who lives in Atlanta, had said previously he had no idea the Virginia property was used in a criminal enterprise.
A federal grand jury in Virginia indicted the 27-year-old Vick and three associates for fighting dogs for money and traveling over state lines to participate in dog fighting.
Authorities say starting in 2001, Vick's rookie year in the NFL, he and his co-defendants ran "Bad Newz Kennels" out of a Virginia property Vick owns.
They say people from Texas to New York came there for dog fights sometimes worth thousands of dollars.
According to the indictment, the fights would end with either one dog killing another, or the losing dog being electrocuted or shot to death.
The indictment also accuses Vick and the three other men of hanging, drowning or fatally beating dogs that they decided were not good fighters.
Vick, who lives in Atlanta, had said previously he had no idea the Virginia property was used in a criminal enterprise.
