cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2151355

A federal magistrate on Monday gave a lawyer for Cecil Brooks, charged with running a sex trafficking operation in the 1990s with the alleged protection of a then-Kansas City, Kansas, police detective, more time to come up with a potential pre-trial release plan.

Brooks’ lawyer, Jonathan Truesdale, had filed a motion seeking his release ahead of the high-profile trial, but ultimately withdrew the request during a hearing Monday at the federal courthouse in Topeka. He asked for, and was granted, additional time to create a thorough pre-trial release plan before Magistrate Judge Rachel Schwartz decides whether to detain Brooks.

Brooks, 61, is accused of conspiring to sex traffic underage girls between 1996 and 1998 with three other men, including disgraced detective Roger Golubski, at an apartment complex Brooks operated in Kansas City, Kansas.