Vick case timeline

August 21, 2007

April 20: Davon Boddie, Michael Vick's cousin, is arrested in the parking lot of a Hampton, Va., nightclub after a police dog alerted its handler that marijuana might be in Boddie's vehicle. Boddie, 27, is charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

April 25: Investigators search the Surry County property where Boddie lives. The property is owned by Vick, a Newport News native and Atlanta Falcons quarterback. Investigators find dogfighting items and more than 60 dogs, some scarred.

April 26: Vick, 27, says he's never at the property, a white-brick house that sits on 15 acres.

May 9: Vick puts the property on the market for $350,000, less than half of its assessed value. It's under contract in less than a day. The sale has not been recorded in the circuit court clerk's office.

May 21: Investigators meet with Surry County Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter to discuss evidence. They leave the meeting without comment.

June 7: Federal agents are seen digging and removing evidence at the Surry property.

July 6: Federal agents return to the property to dig some more.

July 17: Vick and three others are indicted on a charge of conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal-fighting venture.

July 23: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell tells Vick to stay way from the Falcons' training camp as the league investigates the case.

July 30: The first co-defendant pleads guilty.

Aug. 17: Two other co-defendants plead guilty.

Aug. 20: One of Vick's lawyers issues a statement that says Vick has agreed "to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his actions."

[Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

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