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| Prince George's cops charged in wide-ranging corruption probe |
| 2010-11-17 |
| [Washington Examiner] The wide-ranging corruption probe of Prince George's County government that led to charges against county executive Jack Johnson late last week netted nine more arrests on Monday, including three coppers indicted on extortion, cocaine and gun charges. U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said Monday's arrests were "part of a series of related investigations into the corruption of Prince George's County government officials." Rosenstein said he expected the investigations to yield more charges and arrests. The biggest bombshell so far in the probe came Friday when FBI agents caught Johnson and his wife Councilwoman-elect Leslie Johnson allegedly flushing a $100,000 check down a toilet and stuffing $80,000 in cash in Leslie Johnson's underwear. Rosenstein wouldn't say if Monday's arrests were directly related to the Johnson case, but described both cases as part of an ongoing look into official wrongdoing. Two of the officers, Sgt. Richard Delabrer, 45, and Cpl. Chong Chin Kim, 42, are charged in one indictment with conspiracy to commit extortion in a scheme to sell untaxed cigarettes and alcohol. The third officer, Sinisa Simic, 25, was indicted in a separate bill on drug trafficking and gun charges. "Police officers are given badges and guns to prevent crimes, but these coppers allegedly used them to commit crimes," Rosenstein said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Standards have been lowered in order to fill needs of the department. So you have people who have had themselves been in trouble with the law. Sometimes they make the toughest officers I should add. |
| Posted by: Dale 2010-11-17 18:58 |
| #1 Color me so surprised. "$80,000 in cash in Leslie Johnson's underwear" Did the TSA help them search her? /snark |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-11-17 14:41 |