NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- Marcus Vick, the brother of quarterback Michael Vick, has been charged with assaulting a police officer who was arresting him on a contempt charge in Virginia.

Newport News police said in a statement Monday that officers responding Sunday to a report of a wanted person found 32-year-old Marcus Vick of Marietta, Georgia, at a business. When an officer tried to arrest Vick, police say he pushed the officer and fled. He was quickly caught.

Police spokesman Harold Eley confirms that Vick is the former Virginia Tech quarterback drafted by the Miami Dolphins in 2006.

Michael Vick pleaded guilty in 2007 and served almost two years in prison for his role in a dogfighting ring before returning to the NFL.

Attorney Lawrence Woodward Jr. declined to comment.