HARDY CARROLL LLOYD

The detention hearing for the Follansbee man accused of threatening jurors and witnesses in the recent Tree of Life mass shooting trial has been pushed back to Aug. 30.

Hardy Carroll Lloyd, who faces charges of obstruction of due administration of justice, transmitting threats in interstate and foreign commerce and witness tampering, originally was scheduled to have that hearing Tuesday morning. Now, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Mazzone will determine whether Lloyd is eligible for pretrial release on Aug. 30.

According to Stacy Bishop, public affairs specialist for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District, a motion was filed by Assistant Federal Public Defender Elizabeth Gross requesting the continuance of the hearing.

“The defense attorney needed more time to review documents as they had just gotten the case,” Bishop said of why the motion was filed.

With Mazzone allowing the defense’s motion, Lloyd will remain in custody at the Northern Regional Jail until his detention is addressed at the hearing next Wednesday.

Lloyd — who, according to prosecutors, was a self-proclaimed “reverend” of a white supremacy movement — was arrested on the morning of Aug. 10 on charges related to alleged obstruction and witness tampering in the recent Tree of Life shooting trial in Pittsburgh.

The Follansbee resident is accused of making threatening social media posts, website comments and emails toward jury members and witnesses in the trial of Robert Bowers. Bowers was convicted of a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 people and wounded six, including several Holocaust survivors.

If convicted, Lloyd could face up to five years in prison for the threats charge, 10 years in prison for the obstruction charge and 20 years in prison for the tampering charge.