By Walter F. Roche Jr.
A federal judge today approved a delay in the sentencing of a key figure in the fungal meningitis criminal cases, but he declined to make the delay indefinite.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Strearns, sitting in Boston, Mass., issued a brief order setting June 22 for the sentencing of Robert Ronzio, the former sales chief at the New England Compounding Center, the company blamed for the deadly 2012 outbreak.
Lawyers for Ronzio and federal proscutors had asked for an indefinite delay until an appeals court rules on a closely related case.
Under a plea agreement Ronzio entered a guilty plea to a single count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Federal prosecutors are appealing a decision by Stearns acquitting two of Ronzio's co-conspirators, Gregory Conigliaro and Sharon Carter, of the same charge.
Ronzio testified extensively for the prosecution in the trials of other NECC connected defendants.
The Ronzio sentencing had been set for April 6.
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