A plea arrangement is on the table for a Scotland Neck man facing federal heroin charges, according to court records filed in the matter.
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.
Luther Terry and Gerald Whitaker will remain in federal until their trial dates.
Gerald Whitaker and Luther Allen “Worm” Terry were both remanded to remain in federal custody until their detention hearings set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Greenville.
A Scotland Neck man and Weldon man have been federally indicted for drug sales, Halifax County Sheriff Wes Tripp said in a statement.
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.
A stun gun death case in Scotland Neck has been dismissed without prejudice to either party after it was announced to a United States magistrate judge they had reached a settlement.
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.
