Instead of reporting the discovery of a criminal operation that sold stolen electronics, District police officers in uniform greedily ordered iPads, gold jewelry and flat-screen televisions for themselves, court documents show. Further details emerged Wednesday in the arrest of the three D.C. cops who were ensnared in an internal affairs investigation designed to weed out dishonest and corrupt cops. Fourth District officers Guillermo Ortiz, Silvestre Bonilla and Dioni Fernandez pleaded not guilty to receipt of stolen goods. If convicted, they could face up to a 180 days in jail.

D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the trio did not appear to be working together, but charging documents allege that Bonilla tipped off Ortiz to the too-good-to-be true deals.