No trial dates have been set for Herman Lee “Smurf” Edwards in the 2011 murder cases of Brandon Tyrone Peterson and Lorenzo Tann Jr., the Halifax County Clerk of Court Office confirmed today.

In fact, the only recent movement in his case has been to ship him to Raleigh's Central Prison for safekeeping per a judge's order last month.

The order, signed by Superior Court Judge Milton F. Fitch Jr., is based on an oral petition from the Halifax County Detention Center and shows the court's belief Edwards “has established himself as a serious security risk to the staff and other inmates … by being involved in planning escapes and assaulting other inmates.”

Fitch further ruled, “That since (Edwards) had planned an escape, assaulted other inmates and displayed insubordinate behavior towards the detention staff … the defendant is a security risk to the staff and other inmates of the Halifax County Detention Center,” and, “that it is necessary that the defendant … be transferred to a state prison facility for his confinement requirements in as much as the Halifax County Detention Center facilities are inadequate to provide the proper supervision level to adequately ensure the safety of the staff and other inmates at the Halifax County Detention Center.”

Edwards had reportedly been on a crime spree the spring and summer of 2011 and was served with warrants at the time of his arrest for armed robbery and drug sales and two murders that occurred three days apart — the murder of Peterson on September 18 and the murder of Tann on September 21.