The state may gag Ferdinand Augello tomorrow. But he’s talking today.
Augello is accused of setting up April Kauffman’s killing after she learned of an alleged Oxycontin ring led by him and her husband, Dr. James Kauffman.
On Sunday, he took to Facebook to post everything the state will try to bar him from with a cease and desist motion being heard Monday.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office is asking the judge to keep alleged Pagans Motorcycle Club leader Freddy Augello from talking — and posting — about information listed in discovery in the case.
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In preparation, Augello’s Facebook page had three posts about the case Monday, including quotes from Prosecutor’s Office Detective Sgt. James Scoppa’s grand jury testimony about alleged killer Francis Mulholland and Joseph Mulholland, who admitted to driving the alleged killer to the home.
Francis Mulholland died of a drug overdose. Joseph Mulholland is the only person so far to have pleaded in the drug case, but was never charged in connection with the killing.
It’s postings like that the prosecution is attempting to silence.
“My discovery is my own and I can share it with whomever I want,” Augello told BreakingAC. “I can share it with the world if I want until the judge orders me not to.”
On Monday afternoon, Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury could do just that as Chief Assistant Prosecutor Seth Levy argues that Augello sharing evidence in the case could be harmful, including deterring the witnesses.
But Augello says that Prosecutor Damon Tyner is being hypocritical after using the media to garner attention for the case, pointing to his cooperation with national news show “20/20” for a special focusing on the case.
Tyner along with the case’s lead detective, Sgt. James Scoppa, both did on-air interviews for the show.
It also had portions of Dr. James Kauffman’s suicide letter, which has now been deemed part of evidence, but at the time had not been released to even the attorneys and widow to whom it was addressed.
The man jailed in the killing of April Kauffman has used Facebook to reach the outside world. Now, the state is looking to stop him. The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has filed a motion for a gag order that would keep Ferdinand Augello from sharing discovery in the case. “This brought to you by the people that starred in last month’s ABC 20/20 episode about my case ...
