The dope thread has turned into the dog fight thread, so I will place this story here. Nothing concrete yet, but certainly lots of interesting information pointing to his involvement in dog fighting.
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The lead investigator in the case of dog-fighting accusations against Atlanta quarterback
Michael Vick said Monday that she believes there is substantial evidence to eventually tie Vick directly to the felony crime.
That evidence could eventually include videotapes of Vick at matches. Kathy Strouse, the Animal Control coordinator for the City of Chesapeake in Virginia, said Monday that she has received a tip from what is described as a "reliable source" that tapes of Vick exist that would tie him directly to the burgeoning scandal and a possible felony charge.
"We don't know where (the tapes) are or if they do indeed exist, but I have been told that they are out there," said Strouse, who is also affiliated with two other organizations involved in the welfare of animals. "Without knowing where they are, there's no possibility of getting a search warrant at this point."
Strouse said she has also talked with individuals who can "put Vick on that property" during matches. However, those individuals have been reluctant to testify at this point, leaving much of the evidence against Vick that has become public at this point as circumstantial.
... On Friday, NFL scout, one-time Yahoo! Sports analyst and current FOX Sports Radio host Chris Landry took it a step further during an interview on 620 WDAE in Tampa, Fla. Landry said that Ray Buchanan, a former Atlanta defensive back, told him that Vick has been involved in dog fighting for years.
"(Buchanan) tells me that Michael has been into this dog fighting for so long that ... he not only knew about, he is behind all of it," Landry said. "He's paying for all of it ... Apparently, he's into it big time."
Buchanan strongly denied saying any of that when contacted by Yahoo! Sports on Monday.
"I have to talk to Chris about all of that because I didn't say anything like that at all," Buchanan said. "If I was going to say any of that, I would have said it myself on my own radio program. I don't know anything about Michael being involved in any of that and I would not snitch on a player if I did. I'm a player's mouthpiece."
