Drug-trafficking suspect forgoes bail
Joseph Vernon Murphy, 44, reserves right to seek release later on meth, fentanyl charges
A Fredericton-area man facing serious criminal charges, including drug-trafficking allegations, waived his right to a bail hearing for the time being, seeking to take his case to plea court instead.
Joseph Vernon Murphy, 44, appeared in person and in custody in Fredericton provincial court Thursday, scheduled to go through a bail hearing.
He faces charges of possessing cocaine, methamphetamines, fentanyl, hydromorphone and clonazepam, all for the purpose of trafficking; possessing the proceeds of crime, storing three shotgun shells carelessly; and breaching a court-ordered prohibition against possessing firearms and ammunition.