CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — Trooper Anthony Piercy, charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2014 handcuffed drowning death of 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson, has received a delay in his trial and a change of judge.

Piercy’s next court date has been set for April 5, 2017, when he will appear in the Camden County Courtroom of Judge Stan Moore for a Pre-trial Conference. The Jury Trial date has also been set for the week of May 1 thru May 5, 2017 in Camden County.

The State of Missouri, through Special Prosecutor William Seay, filed a Motion for Change of Judge from Judge Kenneth Hayden to Judge Stan Moore.

The Pre-trial conference in front of Judge Stan Moore, on October 12, 2016, as well as the trial dates in Morgan County were cancelled and the new dates were entered. 

Trooper Piercy stands charged with the Class C Felony of Involuntary Manslaughter arising out of the events of May 31, 2014 when Piercy arrested Brandon Ellingson for boating while intoxicated and attempted to secure the prisoner for transport to a substation for blood alcohol level testing. Trooper Piercy’s water patrol boat was going though some rough water and Ellingson fell overboard at which time Ellingson’s life jacket did not stay in place. Piercy jumped in to save Ellingson but was unsuccessful.


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