arraigned is raymond "shrimp boy" chow who hired a new legal team including local defense attorney tony sara charged with laundering millions from drug sales gambling and other crimes and is held without bail. >>> happening today a concord police officer is arraigned on charges of burglary and elder abuse for stealing prescription drugs from senior citizens. the 38-year-old, a 12-year veteran who works as a k-9 for is accused endeavoring a sear beyond housing complex and stealing prescription pain medication from residents. he is held at contra costa county jail in martine does. >>> resentment grows if san francisco toward tech workers. some activists are angry of the changes. they believe the high-tech types are bringing changes they don't like to the city. >> he posted this video, plucking a raccoon off his dog and throwing it down the stair well and now kevin is in the news again for instagram post showing a flyer that was distributed in san francisco. >> it is offensive flyers. the neighbor received one of the flyers which calls him a pair side and rose is a google venture partner and ac

chow's attorney is well-known trial lawyer tony sara who says he plans a vigorous defense. >> the government created the crime. the government financed the crime. and the government ensnared my client by their affirmative acts tantamount to entrapment. tantamount to outrageous government behavior and throw in from our perspective a modicum of racism. unadulterated racism. >> reporter: both yee and jackson are free on bond but chow is being held without bail as we mentioned. there are 29 defendants in all charged in this case. they will all the back in court on friday to face the trial judge. live in san francisco, sal castaneda. ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you sal. >>> more details now about raymond shrimp boy choi's enation -- chow's new attorney. tony serra was the subject of a 1989 movie about a san francisco china town murder case in which he won an acquittal for the defendant. today, serra also announced that on thursday chow's family and friends are planning an event to speak on chow's behalf. >>> in just over an hour, a concord police officer is expected to face a judge o

and his new attorney, tony sara, gave a brief statement to reporters, saying the government created this crime. my client did not participate in any of these activities. this is political and i will vigorously defend my client and bring up issues of entrapment and racism. he's going to be speaking with reporters in the next couple of minutes. all the parties are due back in court friday at 11:00. this morning, my colleague, cheryl hurd is on the story, and we'll have the complete story tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right, christie, thank you. >>> now to the latest developments in the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight. sounds found deep in the indian ocean have faded. one worry is the black boxes' batteries have run down. katy tur from nbc has more from kuala lumpur. >> reporter: since that news conference yesterday, where they announced that they had heard two sets of pinger signals, nothing to report so far today. but they are still looking in the area, concentrating on the zone that the "ocean shield"

. >> reporter: attorney tony sara put chow's statement ons display saying he wanted no part of any bad business. >> we don't represent a gangster. we represent an exemplary human being and i'm not talking about when he went to prison, i'm talking about since he got out. >> reporter: chow's friends say he doesn't deserve to be behind bars. >> myself and raymond chow have used our past to bring about a change for good. >> reporter: chow's attorney says the government really has no evidence on his client. >>> chow is being held without bail and is expected to enter a not guilty plea next today. tomorrow, the other two are due back in federal court. the two men and 27 codefendants in the case are set to appear in front of a u.s. district judge to hear the case. >>> new developments tonight in a story we first brought you last night. we showed you this video of federal agents raiding a huge mansion in mill valley. we now know the agents worked for the inspector general and a federal indictment has been unsealed against 4 men. the agents were raiding the home of bijan magaleski. c.e.o. shawn

. >> reporter: well, raj, his name is jay tony sara. and he's represented people like a black panther and barry bonds. now he's representing shrimp boy chow. and his claim against the government? racism. state senator leland yee and keith jackson had no comment as they went inside the federal courthouse this morning. once inside, they both entered a plea of not guilty before the magistrate. rory little says this case is just beginning, and it's very complicated. >> the political case against yee, all by itself, is complicated. putting aside entrapment, and there may be an entrapment thing, it's also very difficult to prove bribery. it's hard to prove the political corruption. >> reporter: corruption will be a key kpoenant in this upcoming trial, with 29 defendants, professor little says we may see a motion by defense attorneys to try their clients separately. >> you're going to see a motion that says senator yee's charged with sort of political corruption. that's one case. shrimp boy chow is charged with more organized crime offenses. >

chow's lawyer, tony sara, says he's taking on the feds. >> this will be a vigorous litigation.e will put the government rightfully on trial. we believe there's all of kinds of malfeasance. >> chow's charges include money laundering and the illegal sale of stolen items. more details on raymond chow's attorneys. tony serra. he's been involved in a number of legal cases. he successfully defended huey newton in a murder trial and won an acquittal in the chinatown murder case that was fictionalized in a film called true believer. he's represented dozens of other controversial clients while driving a rundown car. if he looks familiar, that's why. >>> sal, you are covering several things. you are still keeping an eye on 280. >> we're looking at slow traffic in the south bay, dave and tori. 280 is slow. it's not as bad as it could be. but it is definitely slow as we push in and take a look at some of these commutes. it's going to be slow also on 85 and on 101 but we don't have anything out of the ordinary. i'm also looking at the commute and the inner part of the bay area. the traffic