Report: Federal Trials for Brandon Barber Canceled
by July 30, 2013 7:45 am 120 views
Local CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, Channel 5, reported late Monday afternoon that federal jury trials for former Northwest Arkansas developer Brandon Barber have been canceled and Barber will appear in court Wednesday to change his not guilty plea.
Barber, 37, faces 27 counts of various federal charges, including fraud and money laundering.
Barber has been behind bars at the Washington County Detention Center since June, after U.S. Magistrate Judge Erin L. Setser found Barber had repeatedly violated terms of his home detention, which he had been under since his initial arrest in March.
Barber remains in jail without bond, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.
Barber had been set to stand trial in the U.S. District Court of Western Arkansas in two separate cases concerning his alleged $200 million fraud scheme. One was set for Sept. 16, with the other scheduled for Oct. 21.
Barber entered a plea of not guilty April 15. The hearing also included not guilty pleas entered by Barber’s co-defendants: K. Vaughn Knight, 46; James Van Doren, 37; Jeff Whorton, 45; and Brandon Rains, 32.
Bentonville attorney David Fisher, 38, was added to the indictment in June.