European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 28 stars and stripes Mideast edition july 2007 feds outline alleged do fighting at Vick property court which do not name Falcons shed Light on operation by Hank Kurz and Michael Felberbaum the associated press there is no longer any doubt about what Federal authorities contend took place on the property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick that is at the Center of a dog fighting investigators said almost Noth ing to reporters who gathered at the property while agents con ducted a second search on Fri but documents filed in Rich mond and obtained by the associated press detailed aspects of the Case for the first Vick is not named in the the property was used As the main staging area for housing and training the pit bulls involved in a do fighting opera according to the court a the documents contend prize Money from the do fighting climbed into the thousands of Dol people came from As far away As Texas and sheepish pit bulls were As Federal agents used a Back Hoe to dig in an area about 10 feet wide by 20 feet Long behind the massive two Story then left at about the documents shed Light on their they allege that dogfights have been sponsored by bad new kennels at the property since at least for the participants and dogs travelled from South North new Texas and other fifty four pit bulls were recovered from the property during searches in along with a rape used to hold dogs in place for mating an electric tread Mill modified for dogs and a bloodied piece of the documents the documents said the fights usually occurred late at night or in the Early morning and would last several before the participating dogs of the same sex would be weighed and according to the opposing dogs would be washed to remove any Poison Steve state and Federal officials Load evidence into a truck As they search the grounds behind a Home owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in Smith on or narcotic placed on the dogs coat that could affect the other dogs dogs we rent fed to make it More hungry for the other fights would end when one dog died or with the surrender of the losing which was sometimes put to death by strange gun electro cution or some other according to the the property has an aboveground swimming and investigators were seen looking into its murky water during a search of the property in investigators uncovered the Graves of seven pit bulls killed by members of bad new Ken Nels following sessions to test whether the dogs would be Good the documents members of bad new Ken Nels also sponsored and exhibited fights in other parts of Virgin North South Caroli new Jersey and other according to the Fil on Federal agents used shovels and heavy equipment to search the Vick where an informant told authorities As Many As 30 dogs could be a Backhoe front loader was brought in and used to excavate a cleared area on the the material found to be of interest was transferred into numerous ice filled coolers and loaded into a rental which left the Corinne a spokeswoman for the Virginia state said state authorities were work ing with Federal investigators in an assistance Vick has said he rarely visited the no charges have been Vick initially said he had no idea the property might have been used in a criminal enter prise and blamed family Mem Bers for taking advantage of his he also put the House up for Sale and reportedly sold it although there is no record that the Sale has Vick has since declined to talk about the major league baseball through july bal 296 46 79 12 41 105121 23 45 6 9 Hub 336 46 99 16 72 pitching bos 278 43 74 5 28 106100 42 62 9 8 342 39100 9 on 8 decisions american Oak 230 29 61 10 37 Swisher Oak 284 37 75 11 91 97 43 38 2 7 Hallada Tor 109119 19 68 10 3 pit 271 41 79 14 49 Gonzalez lad 284 47 83 10 41 h by so w l Era a Youngs 103 74 36 99 8 3 team bos 247 46 65 6 33 67 76 18 55 4 4 Cin 281 48 82 23 59 so 119 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