AG, station settle price gouging case

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Campbell County gas station has agreed to make restitution to customers to settle allegations that it violated Virginia's anti-gouging law during Hurricane Ike.

Virginia Attorney General Bill Mims announced the settlement with Chamberlayne Enterprises Inc., doing business as Timberlake Citgo, on Tuesday. The settlement was filed in Campbell County Circuit Court.

Mims alleged in a complaint filed with the settlement that Timberlake Citgo's price for a regular gallon of gas on the evening of Sept. 12, 2008, and the following morning was 55 percent higher than on Sept. 8.

Timberlake also agreed to contribute $500 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in lieu of civil penalties.