this is the third time officer sinisa simic has been in trouble with the law. simic was suspended in july and september again for having narcotics in the car. >> as for the tip of this iceberg corruption according to the u.s. attorney's office, days after his arrest county executive jack johnson was back at work. while he's technically on home detention he is allowed. johnson spoke to the news media before entering the county administration building this morning and says he's received a lot of support from people around the county. >> i received probably more than a thousand telephone calls and messages from all of the churches. >> johnson did not answer questions about his case or the police officers arrested today. johnson has only about three weeks left in office, says he's going to spend those final days ironically enough working on budget issues. >>> the man elected to take over prince george's county rushern baker is speaking out for the first time since jack and leslie johnson's arrest. baker says despite what's happened over the past few days he wants ci

. >>> the officers indicted are sergeant richard delabrer, chong chin kim and offer sinisa simic. and scott is telling us how wide is the scope of the investigation? >> reporter: it is widening out. and it does include now police officers here in prince george's county, along with a liquor store owner of a well- known liquor store in hyattsville and with the agreement of public officials known and unknown. the ominous words insight this indictment, although it is not spelled out exactly which public officials. involved in a liquor and cigarette smuggling scheme is what alleged. search warrant targeted tick tock liquors in hyattsville, own by amrik singe mel hi, it was shut down in 2007 by county officials concerned about crime. a business engaged if a 2005 battle over mandatory midnight closing. today melhi and three associates were arraigned along with police officer richard delabrer and chong chin kim. accrued in a -- all accused in a cigarette and smuggling extreme. >> these defendant as greed that amrik singe mel hi would play police officered in exchange for using their autho

other charges are against sinisa simic and mira kujundzic. the police chief is outraged. >> these individuals are bad people that need to go away. it's going to impact us. >> reporter: county executive jack johnson was charged friday in sweetheartland deals. there was a taped conversation about a $100,000 check from a developer. tear it up, he says. >> i'm going to remain strong. i'm going to finish what i started. >> reporter: johnson is back at work this week, but he is wearing a court ordered monitoring device. back to you. >> the new federal indictment demands the forfeiture of homes, bank accounts plus catch. >>> baltimore county fire a police officer for using the data bases. he looked up the tag of a person. nolan said his son was caught speaking to a suspected drug dealer, and it was that man who asked to look it up. >>> five days after mayor stephanie rawlings-blake's husband's car was broken into police make an arrest in the car. anthony thomas is charged with theft after admitting to the break. the car was parked outthe -- outside

police officer sinisa simic was ordered held in jail until his trial. his lawyer says the case has been unfairly tainted by the link to the corruption case against county executive jack johnson. another man charged in the cigarette smuggling operation was put hundred house arrest and released to his wife. >>> a little reminder, for complete coverage of the corruption investigation in prince george's county head to myfoxdc.com. >>> wal-mart is coming to the district. the nation's largest retailer will open four stores to be open by late 2012. they will bring in 400 construction jobs and 1,200 permanent jobs. >>> president obama calling on political heavyweights past and present to help save the nuclear weapons treaty with russia. >>> two deadly bombings at u.s. embassies. we'll check more headlines when we come back. hey, you made your own lunch. yep! (mom) i'm so proud of you. the bus is here, gotta go mom. okay hunny, have a great day. look in your bag, made you something. (announcer) it's more than just that great peanut taste, choosing jif is a simpl

. >>> three suspects were in court yesterday in the corruption probe including sinisa simic. the young order him held in -- the judge ordered him held in jail actually third police officer charged is expected in court tomorrow. >>> new this morning, china denies hijacking web track. congressional investigators say a chinese company, china telecom sent out incorrect routing information but today, the company is denying any role in the incident. 15% of the world's internet traffic including major information from corporate web sites, nasa and defense secretary robert gates office went through china for 18 minutes last april. >>> concerns today about a malicious computer virus. it is a worm that appears to target iran's nuclear plant but it can be used to wreak havoc on other exteriors. the growing danger is spurring congress to move on laws to make computer systems safer. >>> the outcome of a first civilian trial for a guantanamo bay detainee is casting a critical light. he was aquitted of 208 charges and found guilty of only one count. ahmed ghailani was on trial for the 1998

a second indictment charges two men including police officer sinisa simic with distribution of cocaine and the use of a gun in drug traffickin this afternoon i asked the maryland u.s. attorney if these cases are connected in any way with friday's arrest of prince george's county executive jack johnson and his wife leslie. >> we have ongoi a series of related corruption charges in prince george's county. we're not going to talk about what if any connections there might be among these connections. as i mentioned, we have a lot of folks talk to now that these investigations have been made public. and we have a fair amount of information and evidence that we've gathered and the folks that we plan to talk to. they don't know what we know and they would like to keep it that way. >>> the u.s. attorney's office says this is an ongoing investigation. he expects more charges and more arrested. we're live at the u.s courthouse in green belt, maryland. back to you. >> thank you, chris. we are specking the police chief to hd a news conference to talk about the arrests of the officers today. we'll t

chong chin kim and 25-year-old offir sinisa simic. indictments unsealed "today" show all niace various charges that include involvement in drugs, weapons and extortion. julie why you carey joins us live from the bark developments. >> reporter: these indictments, deeply disturbing news from the police department. they've been cooperating with federal agents. it was this department today that called in the three officers. what they found were fbi agents, waiting to arrest them. this is what the chief had to say a short time ago. >> i'm outraged at the disgraceful conduct demonstrated by three of our office here's tarnished our badge for their own greed andpersonal gainful it isunacceptable, unacceptable for these types of issues in this police department. >> reporter:he chief said the indictment of two of the officers will bring a full scale review of offduty employment of officers. that's because those officers were working for a liquor store owner providing security. but he is accused of also paying them to help him get his hands oun

. >>> three more people and in court yesterday including police officer sinisa simic. the judge ordered him held in jill until his trial. chun chen was put under house arrest and released to his wife. >>> you can count on fox 5 for complete coverage of the corruption probe in prince george's county. >>> wal-mart is coming to the district. the nation's largest retailer will open four stores. they will be open by late 2012. the stores will bring in 400 construction jobs and 1200 permanent jobs. >>> new this morning, another push to allow gays to serve openly in the military plus a verdict in two deadly bombings of u.s. embassies. >>> it is being called a major milestone for general motors and the entire u.s. auto industry and you can be a part of it. we'll tell you what is about it unfold coming up. ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ look, they fit! oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? eating right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetene

and a third officer, sinisa simic is charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and the use of firearmsfficking. >> these two cases have one important feature in common. they allege that police officers violated the trust of the people of prince george's county, sold their authority and joined with criminals to commit serious criminal violations. >> it is a duty of every employee in this police department to report anyone who is doing misconduct. you can't turn your back to misconduct or anyone that is doing the wrong thing. those individuals, we need to remove from the ranks. >> reporter: hylton says his internal investigation continues and so does the federal investigate. >> our interest in corruption in this county has been long- standing and long-reaching. >> reporter: those three officers are currently suspended without pay. if they are convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison. fbi investigators say these cases are all part of a corruption probe that goes back more than four years. live here in upper marlboro, sarah simmons, back to you. >>> for the john sons, it has bee

. >> the third officer who was also indicted is sinisa simic.caine and also use of firearms for drug trafficking. all of these officers are suspended without pay for the time being and could face a maximum of 20 years in prison if convicted on all these charges. sarah simmons, back to you. >>> still ahead, the so-called merchant of death extradited to the united states. we'll explain. plus, new video of and tax on a u.s. military base over the weekend. we'll check more headlines. >>> let's tech a look at the markets. they were mixed throughout the day and that is where they ended up. the dow up just a little less than 10 points. the nasdaq down a couple of points. the nikkei down 30 overnight in tokyo. back after this. as >>> we have the latest on the chandra levy trial. yesterday, the defense rested without calling murder suspect ingmar guandique to testify. however, the defense did question one of his former cell mates. he told the court he never heard guandique admit he killed levy. when the trial started, guandique was facing six charges. fo

. >> reporter: that's what the attorney for prince george's officer sinisa simic had to say today. he lost his fight to keep simic free pending tal. he lamented that his client has been caught up in a frenzy surrounding the wide ranging corrtion probe tt resulted in the arrests of jack johnson and his wife. >> it has been a friendsy. i think everyone needs to process. needs to boring it out and let it go forwards in the normal course. that's what i was asking for today. >> reporter: as prosecutor laid out tir evidence, they revealed for first time they have videotape some of the alleged wrongdoing. they say investigators started watching simic and an accomplish after they learned several police officers were being paid to protect and transport illegal untaxed cigarettes and liquor. another defendant, the owner of several liquor stores, is accused of hing the officers. the assistant u.s. attorney told the judge today, investigators first wiretapped his cell phone. when the conversation also allegedly turn to drug running, investigators secretly videotaped simic, repackaging cocaine,

three others implicated were in court yesterday, including police officer sinisa simic. he's accused of trafficking drugs and running contraband cigarettes in an operation linked to the owner of tick tock liquors. the judge ordered him held in jail until his trial. the other man charged in the smuggling operation was put under house arrest. a third police officer is expected in court tomorrow. >>> there has been a guilty plea in the murder of a popular principal. brian betts was found shot to death in his home on april 15th. 19-year-old alonte saunders pled guilty to first-degree murder. he'll spend 40 years in prison. prosecutors wanted life without parole. saunders admitted he talked to betts online before the murder planning to rob him. he said the shooting was an accident. >>> well there has been a whole lot of speculation and she is already saying she won't rule it out but now sarah palin is giving a more definitive answer for running for president. what she plans to do for 2012. >>> and the first civil trial of a guantanamo detainee is over but the outcome is not w

. >> reporter: the officer in court today, his name is sinisa simic. they treated the wrongdoing like a part-time job. even referring to it as the protection business. now that officer will b behind bars when he awaits trial. this is the mug shot of the police officer taken by fairfax county police a few months back. an sic was stopped by them and found to have drug residue in his car. he had already been suspended from the pnce george's county police force when he was indictedor far more serious crimes on monday. caught up in a wide ranging corruption probe. >> he is ready to fight charges. >> reporter: that's what his attorney had to say after a court appearance today. but it may be a tough fight. prosecutors reveal for the first time, they have audio and videotape evidence of simic and an accomplice. not only trans porgt illegal untaxed cigarettes and liquor but also, drugs. his attorney said he just learned of the vdeo taped evidence in court. >> a criminal case in federal court. >> reporter: two other prince george's county lice officers also face

agents searched the home of the police officer sinisa simic arresting him and another suspect, it cod result in a sentence of life in prison with a minimum of five additional years of the gun charges. >> public officials hold positions trust and are held to the highest standard. they should be an example to the citizens they serve. >> the indictments charge these ofcers crossed the bright line from catching criminals to assisting criminals in committing serious criminal violations. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney last friday said the arrest of jack johnson was just the tip of the iceberg. he was asked, today's arrest, do they constitute the rest of the iceberg? he seemed to indicate that this is an ongoing investigation and that he anticipates more charges and more arrests. we're live at the u.s. courthouse in greenbelt, maryland. back to you in the studio. >> okay. thank you. >>>ounty executive jack johnson was back in his ofice after his arrest last week. despite the distractions, he made it seem as though it was business as usual. derrick ward has more on this story. >>> i think it

officers are identified as sergeant richard del abrer 45, years old, corporal chong chin kim, 42 and sinisa simic, all taken into custody by the fbi along with six other people in this investigation. here at ticktock liquor, we can see agents inside, going through papers. they have not removed anything from the premises whil we have been here but they have been on-site for several hourshere. is six other people have ao been arrested, and the charges in this case are very, very serious. the charges iclude drug trafficking, firearms, and corruption. also $3.5 million in properties have been seized. 13 vehicles have been seizeds well, also 84 bank accounts have been seized by the fbi and the irs. according to the u.s. attorney, the scene involves the -- or the crime, rather, the charges involve transport and distribution of unpacked cigarettesnd alcohol, also one of the police officers is facing drug andgun conspiracy charges, so very, very serious charges here. again, this began to unfold early this morning. both the fbi and the irs are involved all they will say is they are executina number of sea