A motion seeking the pretrial release of one of the defendants in Operation Rockfish charges the sting campaign was a sham investigation that involved no real drugs.
A second person charged in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case will be allowed pretrial release, according to the docket sheet contained in the federal court record.
One of the 15 charged in the Operation Rockfish police corruption sting will be allowed release from pretrial detention, the docket call in the federal court record shows.
The 15 people charged in Operation Rockfish will be held in federal custody until their formal detention hearings, according to Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp.
As detention hearings for the 15 people charged in Operation Rockfish are expected to begin today in Raleigh, Northampton County Sheriff Jack Smith told the Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald of Ahoskie he has fired the five deputies involved.
The Operation Rockfish police corruption sting contains a 54-count federal indictment that alleges 13 current and former law enforcement officers and two other individuals protected narcotics shipments and cash proceeds during transit along the East Coast for what they believed was a large-scale drug trafficking organization that was actually an undercover operation by the FBI.
A widespread investigation into police corruption in Northampton County was spearheaded by information received by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office which was then passed on to the FBI.
Roanoke Rapids leaders attended the North Carolina League of Municipalities Annual Town Hall Day last Wednesday.
A bipartisan coalition of House and Senate members on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would allow dozens of eastern North Carolina communities to proceed with a critical sales agreement that will reduce electricity rates and spur job growth and economic development across eastern North Carolina.
The state Highway Patrol is reminding motorists to be careful as they enjoy the Labor Day holiday. According to AAA, 34.7 million people are expected travel during the Labor Day period.
