As expected, Falcons quarterback Mike Vick pleaded guilty in Virginia on Tuesday to one count of promoting dogfighting, in exchange for probation and a suspended sentence, per Kally Naqi of ESPN. The presiding judge approved the deal, which included the dismissal of an animal cruelty charge. Vick will be on unsupervised probation, and he must stay out of trouble for four years. The resolution of the Virginia charges clears the way for Vick to enter a halfway house as early as January, six months before his release from federal custody in July. If the state court charges were still pending, he would not have been eligible for finishing his term in a halfway house. Vick is serving 23 months after pleading guilty last year on charges of conspiracy to engage in interstate gambling and interstate dogfighting. Per Naqi, he’ll also now be eligible for home detention for the final three weeks of his sentence.
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