With the only person in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case to not take a plea found guilty earlier this week, it will be soon now when the other 14 wise enough to take a plea will be sentenced.
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.
The only defendant in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case to demand a jury trial has been found guilty.
Ian Barkley Coles will serve a 60-month sentence in federal prison after taking a plea in his weapons case.
Michael Rakim Belfield Tuesday entered a guilty plea on his federal drug trafficking and weapon case, an entry in the court record confirms.
With true bills of indictment returned last month, Henry Cherry and Tony Reams now await their arraignment and trial on federal heroin trafficking charges in New Bern.
A Roanoke Rapids man currently serving a state prison sentence for possession of a weapon as a felon was indicted on three counts of federal weapon charges.
Ian Barkley Coles will be sentenced on federal weapons charges in Raleigh on May 11, court records show.
United States Senior Judge Malcolm J. Howard signed an order today moving the Operation Rockfish trial of Antonio Tillmon to May 15.
Recently redacted transcripts of detention hearings for four defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case show in addition to a warehouse in Rocky Mount, the Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport was often used in the operation.
