NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – An indictment was unsealed this afternoon charging 12 local residents with participating in a large-scale heroin distribution operation operating in Hampton Roads.
Among those charged is the father of retired NFL Quarterback Michael Vick, Michael Dwayne Boddie.
According to the indictment, from 2014 to 2017, the group conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1000 grams or more of heroin. Additional charges include money laundering, maintain drug involved premises, use of a communication facility, and possession of a firearm during drug trafficking.
No further details were available.