The federal government on Friday dropped its motion to continue to detain a San Juan Ridge man who had pleaded guilty to money-laundering and marijuana cultivation and who had been set for sentencing this week. Charles Miller Hilkey Jr. had been arrested Oct. 16 for allegedly violating his release conditions. The original charges against Hilkey stem from a raid in September 2009, when agents allegedly uncovered more than 6,000 marijuana plants, 135 pounds of processed marijuana and $200,000 in cash. Hilkey allegedly was the leader of a significant marijuana operation and “structured” various financial transactions with some of the money …