Medford trial delayed a bit

Former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford was slated to face trial tomorrow on federal charges of money laundering, mail fraud, extortion and abuse of public office, all connected to illegal gambling. But his attorney, Stephen Lindsay, obtained a 30-day continuance, arguing that he had had too little time to wade through a roomful of evidence and piles of depositions accumulated for the case. Nearly three dozen others swept up in a multi-state investigation have pled guilty at this point, including two of the men charged in the 19-page Medford indictment.

Things don’t look too good for Bobby. One of his co-defendants who pled and cooperated with prosecutors still got 80 years in the can. It appears all but certain to this observer that Medford will spend the rest of his life in prison.