The owner of an adult video store in Staunton has been indicted by a grand jury on eight counts of violating the obscenity law. As people around the city comment on the indictments, Commonwealth's Attorney Raymond Robertson defends his actions.

The obscenity law has been in effect in Virginia for more than 30 years. Robertson says, although it’s not often enforced, it is still an important law.

He says, "The obscenity law is that it's illegal to sell, rent, lend or distribute any obscene item or offer to do those things or possess them with the intent to sell them.”

Robertson says After Hours Video has material that he deemed to be obscene. He believes Rick Krial's business is the only one in the city that has such material.

"Mr. Krial comes into town with all sorts of hoopla and fan fare about how he's going to open a store that deals exclusively in what I call hardcore pornography, these triple x videos," says Robertson. "There’s no other store around here that has done that."

Robertson says there is no hidden agenda and disagrees that he is targeting Krial's business.

He says, "There is no selective prosecution whatsoever involved in this. It never came to my attention that there were other places that sold XXX movies in Staunton.”

He wants to make it clear he's not ignoring other crime in the city just to go after an adult video store.

"This case has generated a lot of publicity but it is not a priority in this office." says Robertson. "Right now we're dealing with a double shooting that occurred on Halloween. We're dealing with gangs, we're dealing with drugs and I work hard every day dealing with these situations."