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Wednesday, 24 May 2017 15:13

Tillmon could get life; sentencing moved to September

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Antonio Tillmon could receive a maximum sentence of life in prison after a federal jury found him guilty on drug trafficking and bribery counts Monday.

Tillmon, a former Windsor police officer, was the only one of the so-called Rockfish 15 to enter a not guilty plea in the corruption case.
A spokesman for the United States Eastern District Attorneys Office of North Carolina confirmed the possible maximum sentence today.
His sentencing was originally scheduled in August but on Tuesday Senior Judge Malcolm J. Howard continued it until September 12 in Greenville.
A text order filed in the court record said the continuance was approved “to ensure that the US Probation Office has adequate time to prepare the Presentence Report in this matter.”
The jury verdict sheet contained in the federal court record shows the panel found him guilty of the following:

Count 1 — Conspiracy with intent to possess and distribute 1 kilogram or more heroin from November 2013 to April 2015
Count 2 — Conspiracy to use and carry firearms in relation to drug trafficking offenses from November 2013 to April 2015
Count 33 — Attempted possession with intent to distribute 1 kilogram or more of a substance containing heroin in October 2014
Count 34 — Use a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in October 2014
Count 48 — Attempted possession with intent to distribute more than 1 kilogram of a substance containing heroin in March 2015
Count 49 — Use a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime in March 2015
Count 32 — Federal programs bribery in August 2014
Count 36 — Federal programs bribery in October 2014
Count 54 — Federal programs bribery in March 2015

The remaining 14 defendants are tentatively expected to be sentenced next month.

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