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 Message was posted: 11:50 Jun 29th, 2006     
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The Wise County commonwealth's attorney has decided not to take charge of an investigation into possible illegal gambling in the town of Appalachia.

He made the decision after concluding people might perceive he has a conflict of interest.

Chad Dotson said the Virginia State Bar and the state attorney general's office advised him that there would be a perception of a conflict of interest if he took charge of the investigation and prosecution because, in his role as county prosecutor, he has worked closely with the former town manager.

The former town manager resigned his position this month in the wake of the investigation.

For now, the investigation into alleged illegal gambling operations in the town remains under the control of special prosecutor Tim McAfee. Authorities have seized more than $400,000 in cash and three Main Street buildings in the gambling probe, which grew out of McAfee's investigation into charges of election fraud during a 2004 Town Council race.

Dotson said he initially hoped to prosecute the gambling cases while McAfee concentrated on the election-fraud cases. But he scuttled the plan after receiving the advice from the state bar and attorney general. He has now asked a circuit judge to appoint a special prosecutor to handle the gambling cases.

The judge could appoint McAfee, who last month discovered that one of his sons had placed bets with one of the gambling operations. McAfee said that doesn't disqualify him from pursuing the case because he intended to prosecute only the gambling operators, not the gamblers.





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