Seven of the 13 in pretrial custody in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case have given notice to appeal their orders of detention to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker in a response opposing pretrial release of 13 of the 15 charged in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case spells out the specific number of transports as well the amount of purported drugs shipped and bribe and extortion payments received.
The 13 defedants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case who sought pretrial release will remain in federal custody, according to a senior United States court judge's ruling filed Tuesday.
Two defendants in Operation Rockfish had either robbed drug dealers or moved drugs before the operation and one asked for drugs to sell on her own during the operation, court records show.
Another defendant in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case is asking the court to revoke his detention order.
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.
Yeah, sure, free them all.
A schedule has been set in court proceedings for the so-called Rockfish 15, according to federal records.
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.
