One of the latest issues to emerge in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case is discussion of a warehouse which figured prominently in motions to have Antonio Tillmon’s trial in the matter continued until October.
With a continuance granted in the trial of Operation Rockfish defendant Antonio Tillmon, the sentencing of the other 14 who took pleas in the case is also expected to be continued.
A Hollister man will spend eight years in federal custody following his sentencing in Greenville today.
His brother already sentenced to six years in June, Anthony Tyrone Moody today in Greenville received an 84-month federal sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess at least 5 kilograms of cocaine.
Jury selection in the Operation Rockfish trial of Antonio Tillmon, the only defendant in the police corruption case to not enter a guilty plea, begins September 19.
Kavon Phillips, the Operation Rockfish defendant who was charged with driving while impaired in Gates County, will be allowed to remain on pretrial release, according to an order filed in the federal court record.
Sterling Moody has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, the United States Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Antonio Tillmon, the only defendant in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case to not take a plea, pled not guilty today to all charges filed against him.
A failed motion requesting sentencing of several Operation Rockfish defendants occur this month indicates Antonio Tillmon may be the only person to stand trial in the police corruption case.
One of the defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case has been scheduled for a bond revocation hearing for driving while impaired, court records show.
