New evidence has apparently surfaced which will delay the trial of Antonio Tillmon in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case.
The United States Attorney’s Office pushed for more stringent sentencing in the case of a Roanoke Rapids family charged with dogfighting while family members and friends asked for leniency.
Elton Gary was sentenced to 72 months of federal prison time for his role in a family-run dog fighting ring outside Roanoke Rapids.
Sentencing for the remaining 14 defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case has now been set for the November term of federal court in Greenville, according to records contained in the file.
One of the latest issues to emerge in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case is discussion of a warehouse which figured prominently in motions to have Antonio Tillmon’s trial in the matter continued until October.
With a continuance granted in the trial of Operation Rockfish defendant Antonio Tillmon, the sentencing of the other 14 who took pleas in the case is also expected to be continued.
A Hollister man will spend eight years in federal custody following his sentencing in Greenville today.
His brother already sentenced to six years in June, Anthony Tyrone Moody today in Greenville received an 84-month federal sentence for conspiracy to distribute and possess at least 5 kilograms of cocaine.
A tentative sentencing date of October 11 has been set for a Roanoke Rapids man federally charged with dogfighting along with his parents, according to court records.
Jury selection in the Operation Rockfish trial of Antonio Tillmon, the only defendant in the police corruption case to not enter a guilty plea, begins September 19.
