NEW BRUNSWICK - Former Rutgers football player Izaia Bullock, who is facing murder and cyber harassment charges, is scheduled to return to court Friday after a detention hearing scheduled for Wednesday was postponed.

As a result, Bullock will remain in the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick pending the outcome of that hearing.

Bullock, 22, has been charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, both first-degree crimes, and cyber harassment, a fourth-degree crime. He is accused of initiating a plot to murder two family members of an acquaintance who are not affiliated with Rutgers.

Court records show Bullock also allegedly threatened to send "private intimate photographs" of a woman, to her job, in the cyber harassment charge filed against him as part of an ongoing attempted murder investigation. The complaint states the intent was to "emotionally harm the victim."

The affidavit of probably cause indicates Bullock possessed the photos that were sexual in nature and he sent them to her during their electronic communications to harass her.

According to court papers, the woman, described as an acquaintance, took screenshots of her messages with Bullock. Some of the messages were recorded via SnapChat.

The cyber harassment charged was filed just days before a judge ruled last Friday that Bullock will remain in jail after his attorney asked for the detention hearing to be adjourned to allow more time to review the evidence.

A large group of family and friends turned out to support Bullock at the hearing. One woman could he heard crying during the brief proceeding held before Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Michael Toto.

Attorney Steve Altman, who along with his son, Joshua Altman, are representing Bullock, said he is trying to get his client out as soon as possible.

Bullock, 22, has been charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, both first-degree crimes, and cyber harassment, a fourth-degree crime. He is accused of initiating a plot to murder two family members of an acquaintance who are not affiliated with Rutgers.

The affidavit of probably cause lists Bullock as a South River resident. In a news release the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office listed Bullock as a Piscataway resident. Bullock is a graduate of Linden High School.

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During the hearing Assistant Prosecutor Megan Kosovich said the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office has filed a motion to keep Bullock detained on two complaints, and discovery was turned over to Altman.

Altman in returned asked for an adjournment to review the discovery especially related to the newest charge, cyber harassment, and to speak with Bullock, who sat next to the two attorneys during the court session.

Bullock, dressed in green jail clothes, did not speak during the hearing. He shook his attorney's hand before he left the courtroom.

Derrick Dumas, pastor at First Baptist Church in Linden where Bullock was a member, said he's known him for the past eight years.

"He's been a valued member of our community, respectful, considerate role model to many in our congregation. He's a well-mannered, well-spoken young man," he said.

"Personally I have grown to admire his work ethic and his commitment to excellence in everything that he's done," said Dumas, adding he is not familiar with the facts in the case. "But this is really outside of his character and the person that I know. I would encourage anyone who is making a decision about this man's future to speak to people who know him personally to get a feel for who he really is."

Bullock was distraught following the recent breakup with a longtime girlfriend and allegedly made comments, viewed as threats, against the woman's family, according to an NJ Advance Media report.

He also told a member of the coaching staff about the the breakup and missed a practice to address the issue. He was directed to a university counselor who he met with on Monday and then allegedly made the threatening comments afterward to a teammate who recorded the conversation and reported it to a coach, according to the report.

The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Rutgers University Detective Lauren Tredo at 848-932-8025 or Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Detective Michael Connelly at 732-745-3254.