Cumberland, Feb. 25 -- PETA lawyers have just filed a complaint in Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County against Nevin Young, the Maryland-based attorney for the now-defunct Tri-State Zoological Park, alleging failure to comply with a settlement agreement over his role in a scheme to silence two witnesses during PETA's lawsuit against the roadside zoo .

During PETA's lawsuit against Tri-State over violations of the federal Endangered Species Act, Young drafted baseless felony wiretap charges for the roadside zoo's owner, Robert Candy, to file against two PETA investigators-critical witnesses in the case-just days before they were set to testify at trial. PETA filed a motion for sanctions, and the U.S. District Court for the District of M...