Prince George’s cops charged in wide-ranging corruption probe

Published November 14, 2010 5:00am ET



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 police officers 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.

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