Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Goon Squad Sentencing Postponed

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee postponed the sentencing of the Goon Squad members.  The six defendants were scheduled to be sentenced this month.  However, Judge Lee posted the following order in the docket on January 5: 

TEXT ONLY ORDER as to Brett Morris McAlpin, Jeffrey Arwood Middleton, Christian Lee Dedmon, Hunter Thomas Elward, Daniel Ready Opdyke, Joshua Allen Hartfield. In order to provide sufficient time for the completion of the presentence reports and in light of the court's upcoming trial calendar, the sentencings in this case will be reset for March 12 through March 14, 2024. The specific date and time for each defendant will be set out in a subsequent docket entry. Signed by District Judge Tom S. Lee on January 5, 2024. NO FURTHER WRITTEN ORDER TO BE ENTERED. (DCL)

Hunter Elward: March 19

Jeffrey Middleton: March 19

Brett McAlpin: March 21

Daniel Opdyke: March 20

Christian Dedmon: March 20

Josh Hartfield: March 21 


Stay tuned. 

 

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

They are singing like canaries on Bailey.

Anonymous said...

the sentencing being postponed is because the feds are not done with their investigation….more arrests are coming

Anonymous said...

Ink still wet on the cooperation plea agreements?

Anonymous said...

Wonder what the real story is ?

Anonymous said...

Interesting. So, some good lawyering for the defendants gets the weapons-related sentencing enhancements tossed. And, not to be outdone, the feds ask for a sentencing delay while they search for arguments to add more jail time without the weapons enhancements.

Anonymous said...

Not one comment ….. surprising

Anonymous said...

Crickets

Anonymous said...

I am not sure how many "we hope they rot in prison" comments it will take to appease the Wokesters. Perhaps 4:02 and same commenter at 4:03 can tell us?

They are awaiting sentencing and we all hope they never see freedom again.

I hope that helps.

Anonymous said...

Reason being is because the Feds are still looking at all employees at the RCSO Napoleon Sheriff Bailey and all the deputies that work there. Also remember there are questions regarding the former Sheriff's son (Pennington) getting "permission" from Sheriff Bailey to be a trustee down in Simpson county for a Violent offense while the trustee program is designed for non-violent offenders only. It's just a waiting game for everyone now........

Anonymous said...

Did the stenographer taking down their ratting-out statements run out of paper?

Anonymous said...

Regarding Pennington, it is common practice that when law enforcement family is incarcerated to get “protection” from the general public prison population. This is due to threats or revenge for the family members work in law enforcement. Thus being housed in a county jail instead of state prison is normal and accepted practice. I think one would be hard pressed to find a jurisdiction that doesn’t take this precaution. It’s similar to moving a prisoner who has ratted or became an informant.

It’s one of the problems I have with MT’s attempts to tie everything into corruption. Adding the caveat in the story would take wind out of their sails to paint such a negative image, thus they don’t.

Anonymous said...

Per an article called "Rankin County Sheriff: Helping Inmates Find Success" the Rankin County Trustee program is for nonviolent offenders who serve 1-5 years in the county jail and, at the end of the sentence, plead guilty to time served. I would argue that a violent offense, example aggravated assault (a knife), would have prevented Pennington from consideration of being placed in the trustee program in Simpson County. But as you say in your response: favoritism/ protection helped this citizen out. So I beg to differ. Can I stab my spouse and go be a trustee in Simpson County> Asking for a friend?


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