The trial of the Carlisle tax collector accused of twice buying marijuana from an undercover cop was continued Monday in Cumberland County Court.
The case against George Hicks Junior will now be scheduled for March.
When Carlisle's tax collector was arrested last summer, the District Attorney said it wasn't as much about the crime as the integrity of the office he had held for eight months.
George Hicks was taken from Carlisle Police headquarters last August where he had been processed for selling marijuana. He was en route to a preliminary hearing.
He told reporters about his use of marijuana, "70 hours a week as tax collector of stress as tax collector by myself, and I like to have a little something at the end of the day."
The next week, District Attorney Dave Freed secured a court order limiting Hicks' activities. He was not to conduct any duties of the tax collector, but he is allowed to retain the title and collect the salary until the conclusion of the criminal case.
So while Hicks continues to collect a salary for at least another month, his attorney says the delay is justified.
“We're going to run a defense that encompasses a broader part of the investigation and they have not handed over certain documents,” explained Hick’s attorney, Karl Rominger. “It's just one of these things quite frankly if I hadn't shared that info and hadn't been so ethical we probably would be in trial hashing it out and realizing we could not go further so it worked out well."
District Attorney Dave Freed says he is exploring reports that Hicks no longer lives in Carlisle. If true, he could lose the title, the salary and the office despite the outcome of the criminal charges.
Rominger says he does not know where his client is living.
The case against George Hicks Junior will now be scheduled for March.
When Carlisle's tax collector was arrested last summer, the District Attorney said it wasn't as much about the crime as the integrity of the office he had held for eight months.
George Hicks was taken from Carlisle Police headquarters last August where he had been processed for selling marijuana. He was en route to a preliminary hearing.
He told reporters about his use of marijuana, "70 hours a week as tax collector of stress as tax collector by myself, and I like to have a little something at the end of the day."
The next week, District Attorney Dave Freed secured a court order limiting Hicks' activities. He was not to conduct any duties of the tax collector, but he is allowed to retain the title and collect the salary until the conclusion of the criminal case.
So while Hicks continues to collect a salary for at least another month, his attorney says the delay is justified.
“We're going to run a defense that encompasses a broader part of the investigation and they have not handed over certain documents,” explained Hick’s attorney, Karl Rominger. “It's just one of these things quite frankly if I hadn't shared that info and hadn't been so ethical we probably would be in trial hashing it out and realizing we could not go further so it worked out well."
District Attorney Dave Freed says he is exploring reports that Hicks no longer lives in Carlisle. If true, he could lose the title, the salary and the office despite the outcome of the criminal charges.
Rominger says he does not know where his client is living.