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Vick reportedly tests positive for marijuana
Falcons quarterback will have more restrictions placed on his movement
Just one day after an additional indictment in a state court on dogfighting charges, a federal judge in Virginia on Wednesday imposed stricter release conditions on suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick after he tested positive for marijuana use, NBC News reported.
Vick, who pleaded guilty in August to a federal dogfighting charge, is awaiting sentencing on Dec. 10. Vick and three co-defendants face of up to five years in prison on the federal charges.
Probation officer, Patricia Locket-Ross, petitioned Judge Henry E. Hudson to impose stricter pretrial release conditions on Vick after he submitted a urine sample on September 13, which tested positive for marijuana.
Today Judge Hudson ordered that Vick submit to any method of testing, "for determining whether the defendant is using a prohibited substance." Hudson also ordered the suspended football star to be restricted to his Virginia residence everyday from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am. This home confinement, said the judge in a court filing, "will include electronic monitoring." He ordered Vick to pick up the bill for the service. And the judge ordered him to continue in a substance therapy program and participate in mental health counseling.
Yesterday Vick and the three co-defendants were indicted again, this time on state charges stemming from their operation of a dogfighting ring at Vick's property in Virginia.
A grand jury in Surry County, Va., indicted Vick on one count of beating or killing or causing dogs to fight other dogs and one count of engaging in or promoting dogfighting.
He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted, time that could be served in addition to the 12 to 18 months he is expected to receive in December as a result of his guilty plea on similar charges in federal court.