A possible delay in the trial of Operation Rockfish defendant Antonio Tillmon could be in the offing after his new attorney filed a motion for a continuance in the police corruption case.
Lann Clanton will be held in federal custody until his sentencing hearing after a judge revoked the conditions of his release today.
A pretrial release revocation hearing for Operation Rockfish defendant Lann Clanton will be held next Wednesday in Greenville, according to federal court records.
With the trial of Operation Rockfish defendant Antonio Tillmon now scheduled for February, sentencing of the remaining 14 former law enforcement and correctional officers charged in the case has been moved to March.
The trial of the only defendant to plead not guilty in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case has now been continued until February, documents in filed in the federal court system show.
New documents in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case say a million dollars worth of heroin was at issue and the purported drugs were loaded into vehicles containing secret compartments.
New evidence has apparently surfaced which will delay the trial of Antonio Tillmon in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case.
The United States Attorney’s Office argues in a motion filed today in Greenville Operation Rockfish defendant Antonio Tillmon was not entrapped by the government to join a purported drug trafficking organization in the police corruption case.
The government’s argument against an entrapment claim of the sole Operation Rockfish police corruption case defendant to stand trial gives more detail on the recruitment of that officer in the reverse sting operation.
Sentencing for the remaining 14 defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case has now been set for the November term of federal court in Greenville, according to records contained in the file.
