Brother Marcus and a brief overview of his legal troubles

Legal troubles after Virginia Tech

Within three days of his expulsion from Virginia Tech, Marcus Vick became involved in another incident resulting in criminal charges, this time back home in Hampton Roads. The result in court was yet another misdemeanor conviction, but only suspended jail time. He also subsequently became the target of a civil lawsuit which had not been resolved as of June 8, 2007.
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On January 9, 2006, he was charged with three counts of brandishing a firearm, a Class One misdemeanor,[23][24] in Suffolk, Virginia. A police report stated that he allegedly pointed a gun at a 17-year-old and at least two of his friends in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in the 6200 block of Town Point Road in Suffolk. After Vick's girlfriend had an argument with three people, they claimed that Vick pointed a gun at them.[25] Vick claimed that the "gun" in question was actually a BlackBerry cell phone that was mistaken for a gun and that his accusers were trying to blackmail him.[26]
On December 14, 2006, a 17-year old girl from Montgomery County, Virginia, filed a civil lawsuit against Marcus Vick accusing him of molestation of a minor, fraud, and additional charges. In the lawsuit, seeking $6.3 million[5], an unnamed girl claims that when she was 15 (below the legal age of consent in Virginia) and was a student in high school, she was forced into a sexual situation with Vick, who was 20 years old, over a nearly two year long period. She also alleges Vick offered to provide her alcohol and marijuana and forced her to have sex with other men and women.[6] On September 15, 2008, the New York Times reported according to the plaintiff's attorney, the parties had agreed in principle to a settlement in the lawsuit. [7]
According to Virginia court records, on January 9, 2007, Marcus Vick was charged in the City of Hampton with Speeding 45 miles per hour (mph) in a 30 mph zone. On March 5, he was tried and convicted in absentia by a Hampton General District Court judge, and a penalty of a fine and assessment of court costs were imposed.[27]
On February 6, 2008, Marcus Vick was charged in the City of Norfolk with several traffic-related offenses, including Speeding 48 miles per hour (mph) in a 30 mph zone, operating a vehicle without a valid motor vehicle [safety] inspection sticker, and driving while his privilege had been suspended. On April 4, he was tried and convicted in absentia by a Norfolk General District Court judge of the first two counts. The suspended driving license charge was reduced to a less serious charge of not having a valid Virginia license in his possession at the time of the offense. Court records indicate that fines and court costs were imposed for each of the three convictions.[27]
On June 13, 2008, according to a report in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot newspaper, a bicycle officer in Norfolk approached a couple arguing in a car shortly after midnight. When asked for identification, the driver, Marcus Vick, allegedly took off, driving the car at high speed. When another officer spotted the car and stopped it, Vick failed a sobriety test. Marcus Vick was charged with DUI, misdemeanor eluding police, driving on the wrong side of a street, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license, and taken into custody. The young woman who is from Miami, Florida was charged with being drunk in public.[28] Vick listed his address as a riverfront mansion in Suffolk whose owner in the city's real estate tax records is listed as his older brother Michael. According to a report by the New York Post newspaper in 2007, Marcus also was spending part of his time at Michael's luxurious condominium in the Philippe Starck high-rise building in the exclusive South Beach section of Miami Beach.[29]
He was released on bond later Friday morning. At a preliminary hearing on June 16, a court date of September 10 was set.[30] [31] On September 10, trial dates for all five charges were continued until October 20, 2008, The judge allowed him to remain free on bond until that date.[32] On October 20, Vick plead guilty to the DUI charge. He was sentenced to 12 months in jail, which the judge suspended, a fine of $250 and his Virginia driving license was suspended for a year. He was also convicted of eluding a police officer and driving on the wrong side of the road, and fined $280 on those charges.[8]