Arraignment in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case has been continued until the February 9 term of court in Greenville.
Budget proposals for the defense of at least three Operation Rockfish defendants indicate their counsel is expecting a trial in the matter.
The six remaining defendants scheduled for detention hearings today in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case were allowed to be released from federal custody on special conditions, court records filed show.
Six defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case were released from federal custody today, according to documents filed in the court record.
Three of the Operation Rockfish defendants have specifically asked the court to be released from federal custody and into other arrangements the court sees fit.
In light of appeals filed in their previous detention orders, new hearings will be held in the cases of 12 defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case.
Wardie Vincent Jr. has entered a plea agreement with the federal government for his crimes in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case.
A hearing is scheduled next week to determine whether to extend pretrial motions in the case of 15 people charged in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case.
A senior United States probation officer is seeking a change in conditions for one of the defendants on pretrial release in the Operation Rockfish case.
A motion has been filed to extend a pretrial motions deadline as well as continue the arraignment date and trial of the so-called Rockfish 15, a police corruption case in Northampton County.
