Michael Vick FINALLY pleads “GUILTY”…Will he play football again with the Falcons?

After pleading guilty Monday to federal conspiracy charges involving an illegal dogfighting operation, quarterback Michael Vick is waiting to hear if he’ll play professional football again.

NFL star Michael Vick pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Monday.

Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank told the NFL Network Monday he was “not really surprised” by news of the quarterback’s plea.

“From a personal standpoint, he’s doing the right thing,” Blank said. “That’s been my counsel to him some while ago, and publicly as well, to get this behind him as quickly as he can.”

Blank said he could not speculate on Vick’s future as a Falcon, at least not until he has seen “a statement of facts” in the
case.

The plea, he said, was “a step, and we’ll just deal with the facts as they become available.”

Vick’s attorneys had hoped to hear back from National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell’s office earlier in the day about Vick’s career with the Atlanta Falcons before he agreed to any deal, the sources said.

It’s unclear if a conversation ever happened but Vick’s attorney Billy Martin said his client “agreed to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his action and the mistakes he has made.”

“Michael wishes to apologize again to everyone who has been hurt by this matter,” Martin said.

After Vick’s indictment last month, Goodell ordered the quarterback not to report to training camp until the league completed its own review of the case.

An NFL spokesman said that the league “is aware” of Vick’s plea agreement and is considering what, if any, sanctions they should impose on the 27-year-old.

“We totally condemn the conduct outlined in the charges, which is inconsistent with what Michael Vick previously told both our office and the Falcons,” the spokesman said in a statement.

“We will conclude our own review under the league’s personal conduct policy as soon as possible. In the meantime, we have asked the Falcons to continue to refrain from taking action pending a decision by the commissioner.”

According to Martin, Vick will appear August 27 in federal court in Richmond, Virginia, where the charges were brought, to enter the plea. The deal means Vick will avoid more serious charges that would have been considered by a grand jury that was to have convened the same day.

Earlier, sources close to the case told CNN that federal prosecutors offered to recommend an 18- to 36-month prison sentence for the suspended star quarterback for his alleged role in the dogfighting operation, but that Vick’s attorneys were trying to reduce that to less than a year.

The judge in the case will have the final say over the plea agreement.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Richmond would not discuss the case with CNN.

And the Falcons posted a response on their Web site, saying the team was “troubled” by the news.

Vick’s three codefendants in the dogfighting case had already accepted agreements to plead guilty in exchange for reduced sentences.

Court documents released last week showed that two of Vick’s alleged partners said he helped kill dogs that didn’t fight well, and that the three men “executed approximately eight dogs” in ways that included hanging and drowning.

The dogs were killed because they fared poorly in “testing” sessions in April at Vick’s property in Virginia, where the dogfighting venture was based, according to documents released following guilty pleas from two co-defendants, Purnell Peace, 35, of Virginia Beach, and Quanis Phillips, 28, of Atlanta. See what Vick’s former co-defendants admitted »

Peace and Phillips pleaded guilty Friday. A third man, Tony Taylor, 34, of Hampton, Virginia, pleaded guilty July 30.

In the court documents, Peace and Phillips said that the money behind the Bad Newz Kennels dogfighting operation came “almost exclusively” from Vick, and they told prosecutors that other accusations in the 18-page indictment are true.
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There you have it sports fans and Baby Boomers…GUILTY…by his own plea…
Finally, he stands up like a man and faces what he has done.

~The Baby Boomer Queen~

More charges for Vick?
Grand jury to convene Monday to discuss indictment

In from RICHMOND, Va. a grand jury is scheduled to convene Monday in the federal court where Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick and three co-defendants were indicted on dogfighting charges last month.

There’s no indication whether the grand jury will take up further allegations against Vick, although federal prosecutors have said they plan to seek a superseding indictment in the case.

That would mean more charges against Vick, the lone defendant who has not been convicted now that all three of his co-defendants have reached plea deals.

Vick’s attorneys were negotiating with federal prosecutors last week, hoping to strike a deal on a plea agreement.

“It seems to be a pretty clear indication there will be some sort of plea entered,” Falcons owner Arthur Blank said Friday.

Prosecutors have declined to comment outside court on negotiations with Vick’s attorneys. Collins Spencer III, a spokesman for Vick’s defense team, said Sunday there was nothing new to report.

Vick’s last two co-defendants pleaded guilty Friday and said he bankrolled gambling on dogfights at Vick’s property in rural Surry County, not far from his hometown of Newport News. One said Vick helped drown or hang dogs that didn’t do well.

Quanis Phillips of Atlanta and Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach entered plea agreements and agreed to testify against Vick. Tony Taylor of Hampton struck a similar deal last month.

The gambling allegations alone could trigger a lifetime ban under the NFL’s personal conduct policy.

The NFL has barred Vick from the Falcons’ training camp but has withheld further action while the league conducts its own investigation.

Peace, Phillips and Taylor pleaded guilty to the same charges facing Vick: conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and conspiracy to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture.

The offense is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Sentencings are set for November and December.
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For those of you who feel I am personally attacking Micael Vick…you are wrong…I am attacking dog cruelity…it wouldn’t matter if it was Santa Clause…I would be voicing my opinion.
And saying that it needs to stop…end of statement.

Proof of Global Warming!

See it for your selves! Global Warming!

Global warming or material shortage???

Finding unprejudiced Jury for Michael Vick…isn’t easy!

Finding Jury members, for the Michael Vick’s case who are not prejudiced, are hard to find…

Worlds OLDEST Person, dies at age 114…

World’s Oldest Person Dies at Age 114, August 13th.

In form TOKYO, Yone Minagawa, who became the world’s oldest person earlier this year, has died at a nursing home in southwestern Japan, an official said Tuesday. She was 114.

Yone Minagawa, named the world’s oldest person in January, died of old age Monday in a nursing home 520 miles southwest of Tokyo. She reportedly had seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Minagawa, who raised four sons and a daughter on her own by peddling flowers and vegetables, died of old age Monday, said Toshiro Tachibana, an official at the nursing home in Fukuchi, 520 miles southwest of Tokyo.

“Her appetite had been declining recently and her energy fading,” Tachibana said. “The death was not sudden.”

Born on Jan. 4, 1893, Minagawa was named the world’s oldest person by the Guinness Book of World Records in January following the death of Emma Faust Tillman, also 114, in the United States.

Minagawa outlived all of her children except one daughter, and had seven grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, according to the nursing home.

Japan has one of the world’s longest average life spans, a factor often attributed to a healthy diet rich in fish and rice.

In 2006, Japanese women set a new record for life expectancy at 85.81 years, while men live an average of about 79 years.

The number of Japanese living beyond 100 has almost quadrupled in the past 10 years and is soon expected to surpass 28,000, the government announced last September.
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Atlanta Human Society gets Michael Vick Jerseys donated…has he gone to the DOGS already????

In from ATLANTA, the Atlanta Humane Society said they are receiving donations from across the country and you’ll never
guess what people are sending…

More than a dozen Michael Vick jerseys have been sent to AHS, and they are putting them to good use.

“When I first saw them, I was kind of shocked. I was like, ‘Why do they have Vick jerseys here,’ said Julie Sentner.

Vick is innocent until proven guilty, but his association when men pleading guilty to federal dog fighting charges makes the number 7 jersey an unexpected find at the Atlanta Humane Society.

“At first we were like, ‘I wonder what we’re going to use this for,” said P.J. Smith with AHS.

And the jerseys kept coming. About a dozen or so jerseys were sent from people wanting to make good from a bad situation. In fact, the Humane Society is getting flooded with e-mails about Vick.

So what are volunteers doing with the jerseys?

“We discovered like any donation we get, any shirt or towel, we put it to good use here at Atlanta Humane Society. We’re always using things to clean kennels, use for bedding and stuff like that,” said Smith.

Did she say cleaning kennels?

“We’re not showing any favoritism to these jerseys, they go into our general rotation of towels,” Smith said.

One dog is using his Vick jersey as a pillow.

This dog at the Atlanta Humane Society is enjoying his bed, which is a Vick jersey donated by an upset fan.

“As long as they’re being used for good, then that’s great. If they’re using them to make dogs more comfortable or to clean up after them, then that’s fine,” said Sentner.

Of course, the Vick jerseys being donated mean a lot more to the people than to the puppies, they’re just loving all the attention.
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Husband throws seriously wife down 4 stories

This is not the actual site where the murder too place…

In KANSAS CITY, Missouri, a man threw his seriously ill wife four stories to her death because he could no longer afford to pay for her medical care, prosecutors said in charging him with second-degree murder.

Stanley Reimer was taken away from the scene by ambulance Tuesday evening.

According to court documents filed Wednesday in Jackson County Circuit Court, Stanley Reimer walked his wife to the balcony of their apartment and kissed her before throwing her over.

The body of Criste Reimer, 47, was found Tuesday night outside the apartment building, near the upscale Country Club Plaza shopping district.

Stanley Reimer, 51, appeared dazed when authorities arrived. He was taken away from the scene by ambulance.

Reimer was charged Wednesday. He remained jailed on $250,000 bond and was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday.

In the probable cause statement filed with the charges, police said Reimer was desperate because he could not pay the bills for his wife’s treatment for neurological problems and uterine cancer.

Investigators said that Reimer was in the apartment when they arrived. He told them, “She didn’t jump,” but did not elaborate, they said. Watch police respond to the grim scene »

Criste Reimer’s caregiver told police she could barely walk and would not have been able to climb over the railing of the balcony, according to the probable cause statement.

Reimer’s alleged motive emerged after several more hours of questioning, police said.

According to Jackson County Probate Court records, Criste Reimer had been in ill health for several years. Her weight had fallen to 75 pounds and she was partly blind.

According to the court records, she had no health insurance to pay for medical bills that ranged from $700 to $800 per week.

The Probate Court documents were filed in April, when Stanley Reimer petitioned to be allowed to sell personal property his wife owned in Wheeler County, Texas, for $20,000.

The documents listed her assets at approximately $6,700, with monthly income of $725 from oil royalties and Supplemental Security Income.

It was not immediately known if Stanley Reimer had an attorney.
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This is a tuff one, Baby Boomers…should a man who can’t take care of his wife and watches her waste away, eaten up with cancer…be allowed the defence as temporary insanity? When he ends her pain and suffering? And perhpas he planned it???

Why aren’t senior citizens given more health care…why aren’t our troops given better benifits?

What is worng with this counrty where we send billions over seas and have people starving and dying here from lack of health care and food progams for the elderly???

Just some food for thought…
~The Baby Boomer Queen~

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