A federal judge granted a reprieve Wednesday in the sentencing of a former Rohnert Park police officer who a jury convicted six months ago in a scheme to steal cannabis and cash from drivers while posing as a federal agent.
Joseph Huffaker will be sentenced Feb. 4 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco unless he finds a new attorney who can provide Judge Maxine Chesney an acceptable timeline to prepare for sentencing. Proceedings had been rescheduled from Dec. 3 to Wednesday after he fired his previous attorney, Richard Ceballos, in November.
Still representing Huffaker on Wednesday, Ceballos requested sentencing be delayed until Huffaker finds a new attorney. Chesney asked why Ceballos was fired. Citing the matter’s confidentiality, he only said “There are a number of issues.”…