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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Break out yer hankies: Sheriff Arpaio may be going after Vick too!
2007-07-26
VERY preliminary, but heard a whiff of it on AM radio this morning in "da ATL." Wonder if Vick likes pink boxers and bologna sandwiches?

Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, says Falcons quarterback Michael Vick may be connected to pit bull fighting operations in Arizona. "He's a person of interest as far as my office is concerned," Arpaio said. "I'm not talking about a case. I'm talking about a person of interest regarding pit bull fighting." Arpaio said Vick's name has been "very familiar" to his office since "a while back."

He confirmed that his detectives have contacted Georgia authorities about Vick after the quarterback was indicted on federal charges involving illegal interstate dog fighting.

Arpaio is a popular but controversial elected official, and his critics believe he'll say anything to get his name in the paper. But whatever the merits of the Arizona investigation, it's a reminder that even if Vick beats the federal charges, he might have a long way to go before he's in the clear. Vick is constitutionally protected from being tried twice for the same offense, but if there is evidence that he committed multiple acts of dog fighting, animal cruelty or any other crime in multiple states, each individual state could charge him.
Posted by:BA

#6  I know Mike is losing quite a few advertizers, but with Arpaio's pink underwear policy I see a Michael Joradan and Hanes possibility.
Posted by: Super Hose   2007-07-26 23:48  

#5  Sheriff Joe's "interested" in Vick?

Vick better really start worrying....

The Vick circus side show arraignment was this afternoon in Richmond. The local cops blocked off several streets around the Federal Courthouse from 6 last night to 6 tonight. Wotta zoo.

I work a couple of blocks from there (don't need to drive through the blocked-off streets to get to work, Gott sei dank) and could see some of the entertainment crowd from my building. And today was around 90 degrees F and humid; asphalt & concrete no doubt made it worse.

I realize the newsies had to be there, but it was surprising how many other people came (even from out of state) to pitch a fit throw a protest. Some brought their pet pit bulls. I wouldn't bring a dog out in that heat on the pavement for hours, but obviously others' mileage varies. The news even said there was a 10-year-old boy there who was a supporter. (If that's the best Vick can come up with, support-wise, he's in deep doo-doo.)

And we get to do it all over again just after Thanksgiving, for days on end.

Yeesh.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-07-26 18:56  

#4  I think my Givashitter's broken...
Posted by: mojo   2007-07-26 17:20  

#3  update: the Hotline number is 602-876-4154 and the Sheriff's website: www.mcso.org
(from Drudge)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-07-26 17:14  

#2  Sadie and Alaska would love to meet him.

Or maybe all the Pit Bull mixes in the pound.
Posted by: Gary and the Samoyeds   2007-07-26 17:12  

#1  And in the Sheriff Joe cheering column, he has been asked by the local Latino community to take down his Illegal Immagrant Hotline. Must be making somebody nervous, even though his office has not yet acted on any of the calls that have come in ( ~300 according to the report i read)
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2007-07-26 17:03  

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