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Michael Vick prepares to start construction job

NORFOLK, Va. — Michael Vick met with probation officials Friday for the second time in the two days he has been home from prison, and prepared to begin a $10-an-hour construction job after the holiday weekend.

Wearing jeans and a navy blazer, the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback looked straight ahead as he entered the federal courthouse, escorted by his fiancée and a member of his security team. He was joined inside by his lawyer, Lawrence Woodward.

Vick made no statements to media and didn't acknowledge a few onlookers who shouted encouragement. "Keep your head up, Mike," one yelled.

Vick arrived home Thursday after a 1,200-mile car trip from Leavenworth, Kan., and within hours had his first meeting with probation officials, who fitted him with an electronic monitor.

Vick, 28, must wear the device during his two-month home confinement, which will complete his 23-month sentence for operating a dogfighting ring.

The Friday meeting lasted nearly an hour. He later met with attorneys in Surry County, where the dogfighting operation was discovered, before returning to his home in Hampton, Va.

Next week, he is expected to begin work for the W.M. Jordan Co.

By The Associated Press and McClatchy Newspapers