Vick Begins House Arrest

He'll work construction while living in his Va. home
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted May 21, 2009 8:08 AM CDT
Vick Begins House Arrest
A security guard wearing a shirt with the word "Support" and a photo of suspended NFL player Michael Vick moves traffic cones in front of Vick's home in Hampton, Va., after he arrived.   (AP Photo)

Michael Vick arrived at his Virginia home today after being released yesterday from federal prison. After 19 months in a Kansas lock-up, the suspended NFL player will spend the remaining two months of his sentence for financing a dogfighting operation under home confinement, wearing an electronic monitor and working a $10-an-hour job as a laborer for a construction company. (More Michael Vick stories.)

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