prosecutors say between october and december of last year vincent hale purchased more than $28,000 worth and that since 2008 hale had some $63,000 in winnings. in court today hale indicated he'd need a court-appointed attorney. >>> now the two made a brief appearance in federal court here in alexandria today. the judge has given them until monday to try to find attorneys. if they are convicted, they could face up to five years in prison. live in alexandria, back to you. >> if they're convicted, what will happen with those lottery winnings and will they be allowed to keep them? >> reporter: that is the $64,000 question almost quite literally. it is alleged they collected some $63,800 in lottery winnings between 2007 and 2011. whether all of that came from money that was allegedly taken from the fare card machines remains to be seen. however, that may come out later on as this case continues. >> all right. they're players. thanks. >>> a man's body was found this afternoon near the campus of georgetown university. his remains were in some woods off canal road northwest near one of the entra

court affidavit, horace dexter mcdade, a metro employee since 1979, had a scheme going with john vincent hale, a metro transit police officer since 1997. according to the affidavit, the duo worked together, servicing fare cart machines that either needed to be replenished with cash or emptied. the investigation began in september after the fbi received a tip a metro police officer was using bags of coins to purchase virginia scratch- off lottery tickets worth thousands of dollars, and he was doing it a lot. it the affidavit says the two would stop at an overpass near a hotel in alexandria and hide bags of coins in the underbrush. police were able to track their movements using gps devices attached to their cars. according to the affidavit, the virginia lottery says that mr. hale, the police officer, actually won more than $62,000 over the last several years playing those scratch-off particulars. >> makes you wonder how much he allegedly stole to win that much money. >>> fox 5 is monitoring metro. if you have a story idea, something doesn't look quite right, snap a picture, shoot a video, and

this is a metro employee since 1979 who prosecutors say had a scheme going with this man, john vincent hale, a metro transit police officer since 1997. metro's general manager commenting earlier today said he was disgusted and dismayed by the charges. it. >> it's a betrayal of the trust of our customers, of washington metro itself, and of the thousands of honest employees here. as a result of this i have ordered that a forensic accountant from deloitte touch join the investigation to look at the existing systems, control systems for the revenue system and to determine what more improvements have to be made to improve securities so this doesn't happen again. >> reporter: according to a court affidavit the scheme worked like this. mcdade and hale were assigned to what's called emergencies unwhich a revenue employee and a police officer worked together. the two would service fare cart machines that either needed to be replenished with cash or emptied. according to the affidavit the fbi received a tip last september that a metro police officer was using bags of coins to purchase virginia scratc