VB Judge certifies case against former JCC camp director to grand jury

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach judge found probable cause Tuesday in a case involving a former camp director accused of instructing a child to urinate in a bottle while attending winter camp at the Simon Family Jewish Community Center on New Year’s Eve.

The case against David Flagler will now be certified to a grand jury, which will determine whether the matter proceeds to trial.

During a preliminary hearing Tuesday, prosecutors played a forensic interview conducted by detectives with the 7-year-old child involved in the case.

In the interview, the child told detectives he was attending winter camp on New Year’s Eve when Flagler instructed him to urinate into a white JCC camp bottle. The child said he began urinating into the bottle while under Flagler’s office desk and wearing a donkey mask. According to the interview, the child said Flagler was holding the bottle while seated in his desk chair and facing away from him…

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