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A preliminary hearing has been set for several men in connection with a San Bernardino narcotics case where a defense lawyer has alleged his client was held "on ice," without legal cause, while a search warrant was secured.

That hearing -- for defendants Carl Edward Alexander, Toriano Jerome Houston, Maurice Lynell Locket and Frederick Edward Williams -- was scheduled for Dec. 10, during proceedings today in San Bernardino Superior Court.

Judge John Martin granted Alexander's motion to set aside, or essentially withdraw, a guilty plea he made during a plea bargain in July, before the case was marred with allegations of possible civil rights violations against Sgt. Bradley Lawrence.

The allegations were first raised when police Sgt. Mike Desrochers reported that Lawrence illegally detained Alexander and another man during a July 2 traffic stop that preceded a raid at a San Bernardino apartment complex.