The father of ex-Jets quarterback Michael Vick was among 12 people busted in a massive drug ring in North Carolina, according to an indictment that was unsealed Wednesday.
Michael Boddie, 55, is accused of running a “large-scale heroin distribution operation” between January 2014 and May 2017. Boddie and 11 others allegedly started the operation to move more than 1,000 grams of heroin, the indictment said.
Although seven of the 12 made appearances at U.S. District Court in Virginia, Boddie remains at large. He’s been charged with dealing heroin and money laundering.
“He’s seen his father drunk, high. I used to [mess] with cocaine,” Boddie said. “He’s seen it all. He’s seen [people] drunk on the ground. He’s seen dope deals being done. He’s seen it all.”
Vick, once the electrifying franchise player for the Atlanta Falcons, infamously was convicted of operating a dogfighting ring in Virginia in 2007. He was sentenced to 21 months behind bars, but returned to the NFL with the Eagles in 2009. He spent five years in Philadelphia before joining the Jets in 2014. He last appeared with the Steelers in 2015, the final action of his 13-season NFL career.
I think he got sacked a few too many times. That being said, he comes from a family of criminals. That's hard to overcome.
When our house was burglarized back in the day (I was 16), I testified in court. While I was in the hallway awaiting my turn, one of the defendant's family was nearby. The mother kept sending her 4 or 5 year old son past me to give me dirty looks. I heard her tell the boy, "see, this is what happens when you're careless. Your father was in the business 20 years and never got caught."