Moss calls ‘bullshit’ in court, before trial pushed back in attempted murder of Judge Meyer
Trial that had been to start in four weeks for a Lafayette man accused of being at the center of an alleged plot that led to the shooting of the judge and his wife now will go in April 2027.
Attorneys for Thomas Moss, a Lafayette man accused of being at the center of a plot that led to the attempted murder of Tippecanoe County Superior Court 2 Judge Steve Meyer, on Friday persuaded the special judge overseeing his case to postpone a trial that had been set to start in just over four weeks until April 2027.
The move came during a sometimes contentious hearing that, at one point, had Moss standing at the defense table and asking bailiffs to take him back to his cell, muttering that the hearing was “bullshit.”
With Moss settled back in his seat by bailiffs who ringed the Tippecanoe Circuit courtroom, his attorneys sparred with Cass County Superior Court 2 Judge Lisa Swaim – assigned to his case and those of others accused of being co-conspirators – over how much time was enough before putting the high-profile case before a jury.
