Former City of LaFollette Vice Mayor Joe Bolinger appeared in Campbell County Criminal Court this morning.

In June, Bolinger, Jennifer Brown and Jimmie Ivey were charged with a myriad of crimes revolving around food stamp fraud and theft. Since that time, the case has been delayed at least twice.

The trio was charged after a spring bust (April 13, 2018) in which the now defunct Pop Shop, once on the four lane in LaFollette, was raided by law enforcement. It was alleged that the people could use their food stamps to purchase items then sell the items to the Pop Shop for pennies on the dollar. Ivey was the only person charged with a narcotics crime.

Bolinger, who ran unsuccessfully to retain his LaFollette City Council seat despite the pending felonies, came in fourth in a six way race last month.

The case was re-set for Tuesday, February 19, 2019.  (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 12/17/2018-1:20PM)