VIRGINIA BEACH —
— The Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney's Office said Monday that "it could just be a coincidence" that a federal probation officer restricted Michael Vick's travel within days of a prosecutor recounting a confrontation Vick had with a cake-wielding man outside his June 25 birthday party.
"No one in our office has talked with the federal probation officer," said Marcie Pridgen, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor's office. "They have not called us."Ralph Pacy, the deputy federal probation officer in charge of the Hampton Roads region, said Monday he could not discuss the Vick case or the reasons for the travel restrictions. Virginia Beach police also declined to say whether they spoke with Vick's probation officer.
Vick was supposed to attend two events over the weekend, a charity golf event in Georgia and an appearance at a youth football camp in Raleigh, N.C.
The travel restrictions — imposed over the weekend — led to both events being canceled Sunday.
The football camp's director said Vick's people promised as late as Saturday that he would be on hand, while the golf tournament's organizers said Vick told them on Friday that he'd be there.
An Associated Press article Monday said the decision to restrict the quarterback's out-of-state travel "followed" the prosecutor's earlier statement about the cake incident.
Virginia Beach's top prosecutor, Commonwealth's Attorney Harvey L. Bryant, said late last week that Vick got out of his car outside the Virginia Beach club where a birthday party had been held and "intended to confront" a man who had shoved cake in his face inside the nightspot.
But Bryant told the Virginian-Pilot that Vick's friends surrounded Vick, and the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback "correctly" got back in his car.
"He's an athlete and an entertainer, but he's also a human being, and things that would tick you and I off would tick him off," Bryant told the Pilot. "But he extricated himself … and left with the help and encouragement of some of his friends and supporters."
Witnesses at the birthday party have told the Daily Press that the cake-wielding man was Quanis Phillips — the same man shot in the leg four minutes after Vick's car left the parking lot. Bryant said the shooter hasn't been charged because the victim and witnesses aren't cooperating.
Phillips was a co-defendant with Vick in the 2007 dog-fighting conspiracy case that sent Vick to federal prison.
In the interview with the Pilot, Bryant said that Vick got out of his car "as if he intended to confront someone in the crowd," before getting back in the car and leaving. "All of this is before any shooting occurs," Bryant said.
The travel restrictions — imposed over the weekend — led to both events being canceled Sunday.
The football camp's director said Vick's people promised as late as Saturday that he would be on hand, while the golf tournament's organizers said Vick told them on Friday that he'd be there.An Associated Press article Monday said the decision to restrict the quarterback's out-of-state travel "followed" the prosecutor's earlier statement about the cake incident.
Virginia Beach's top prosecutor, Commonwealth's Attorney Harvey L. Bryant, said late last week that Vick got out of his car outside the Virginia Beach club where a birthday party had been held and "intended to confront" a man who had shoved cake in his face inside the nightspot.
But Bryant told the Virginian-Pilot that Vick's friends surrounded Vick, and the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback "correctly" got back in his car.
"He's an athlete and an entertainer, but he's also a human being, and things that would tick you and I off would tick him off," Bryant told the Pilot. "But he extricated himself … and left with the help and encouragement of some of his friends and supporters."
Witnesses at the birthday party have told the Daily Press that the cake-wielding man was Quanis Phillips — the same man shot in the leg four minutes after Vick's car left the parking lot. Bryant said the shooter hasn't been charged because the victim and witnesses aren't cooperating.
Phillips was a co-defendant with Vick in the 2007 dog-fighting conspiracy case that sent Vick to federal prison.
In the interview with the Pilot, Bryant said that Vick got out of his car "as if he intended to confront someone in the crowd," before getting back in the car and leaving. "All of this is before any shooting occurs," Bryant said.
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