Former 161st District state representative candidate Thomas Ross was released on bond today following a 16 minute preliminary hearing and detention hearing in U. S. District Court in Springfield.
The judge, relying on the probable cause affidavit filed by the U. S. Attorney's office ordered the case to move forward to a "grand jury or other proceedings."
Ross was represented by Springfield attorneys Joseph Passinise and Thomas Carver.
Ross is charged with conspiring to plant cocaine on his opponent in the Republican primary Louise Secker. Ross defeated Secker by 32 votes. After his arrest, Ross withdrew from the race and the Jasper County Republican Central Committee selected Secker to be his replacement.
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