Kavon Phillips, the Operation Rockfish defendant who was charged with driving while impaired in Gates County, will be allowed to remain on pretrial release, according to an order filed in the federal court record.
Sterling Moody has been sentenced to six years in federal prison, the United States Attorney's Office said in a statement.
Antonio Tillmon, the only defendant in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case to not take a plea, pled not guilty today to all charges filed against him.
A failed motion requesting sentencing of several Operation Rockfish defendants occur this month indicates Antonio Tillmon may be the only person to stand trial in the police corruption case.
One of the defendants in the Operation Rockfish police corruption case has been scheduled for a bond revocation hearing for driving while impaired, court records show.
A Seaboard man whose brother is awaiting sentencing on federal drug charges has pled guilty and is also awaiting a federal sentencing, court records show.
A Roanoke Rapids man who held officers at bay during a November standoff is scheduled for federal arraignment in New Bern on June 14, court records show.
A Lake Gaston area man was sentenced in Wilmington federal court for shipping heroin through the mail.
Setbacks have delayed the sentencing for 14 Operation Rockfish defendants and a death in the family has delayed the arraignment of one who has yet to take a plea in the police corruption case, federal court records show.
Fourteen of the so-called Rockfish 15 are scheduled for sentencing on May 12, federal court records show.
