Mug Shots, Fingerprints For Vick

JULY 20--NFL star Michael Vick quietly appeared yesterday afternoon at a Virginia courthouse to have his mug shot and fingerprints taken by U.S. Marshals, who also formally served the athlete with a criminal summons for his alleged role in a brutal dog fighting operation, The Smoking Gun has learned. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback, 27, was processed in the marshals office in the U.S. District Court in Richmond (Vick apparently slipped unnoticed into the building). Along with posing for mug shots, Vick had his various tattoos photographed by a marshal. A court filing today reported that the criminal summons was 'served personally upon the Defendant' by Deputy U.S. Marshal S.R. Saylor. Vick and three codefendants are scheduled to be arraigned July 26 on a felony conspiracy charge. (2 pages)