From: nvDaily.com
Prosecutor urges judge to issue gag order
By Joe Beck
WOODSTOCK — The Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office piled on dozens of charges without justification against two New York City men in an undercover anti-cigarette smuggling operation involving transactions totaling $10 million, the attorney for the two defendants said Wednesday in circuit court.
David Downes, of Front Royal, also identified two undercover agents for the Sheriff’s Office and disclosed the existence of a warehouse that he linked to a Nevada corporation. The warehouse and the corporation played major roles in building the case against his clients, Downes said.
The disclosures came during a series of motions that Downes and Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Louis Campola heatedly argued over how much evidence the prosecution is required to reveal to Downes in preparing for a trial.
