For the second time in four days, the federal government has made indictments in Prince George's County on charges related to a long-term federal investigation.

Shortly after 11 a.m., a federal jury announced the indictments of nine defendants including three Prince George's County police officers – Sgt. Richard Delabrer, 45, of Laurel, Cpl. Chong Chin Kim, 42, of Beltsville and police officer Sinisa Simic, 25, of Woodbridge, Va.

County Police Chief Roberto L. Hylton said in a press conference at police headquarters in Palmer Park Monday said he was "outraged" at the behavior of the three officers, saying that he intends to hold the rest of the organization, including himself, accountable for the organization's performance in the future.

"We hold our officers to the highest standard and expectations," he said. "We will not tolerate any mistrust or the tarnishing of this badge as long as I'm chief of police of the police department."

Delabrer and Kim were charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce with extortion, along with defendants Tick Tock Liquor Store owners Amrik Singh Melhi, 51, of Clarksville and his wife, Ravinder Kaur, 49, also of Clarksville, Amir Milijkovic, 39, of Bowie, who owns an auto glass store in College Park, Chun Chen, 34, of Bowie, and Joe Moreno, 49, of Alexandria, Va.

The charges state that allegedly Melhi and others would pay police officers, so that they could use them for safe transport and distribution of untaxed cigarettes and alcohol in Maryland and Virginia.

The defendants in the extortion conspiracy case could a face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.

They must also forfeit $3.5 million, 25 properties, 13 vehicles and 84 bank accounts believed to be proceeds of crime or used to facilitate crimes.

Simic and another defendant Mirza Kujundzic, 30, of Woodbridge, Va. were charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and conspiracy to possess firearms in relation to drug trafficking.

They could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of the drug conspiracy charge and a mandatory five years in prison for possession of firearms.

Delabrer, who showed up to his initial court hearing in a black and red tracksuit, will appear in court again Thursday at 1 p.m.

Simic, in a black designer zip-up hoodie, will appear in court on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. for his hearing on the drug charges.

Melhi and his wife, who were represented by their attorney Gabriel Christian and his colleagues, will appear in court on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. for Ravinder and at 3 p.m. for Melhi. Their minor son was in the courtroom Monday with other relatives and appeared distraught by the allegations.

While defendants were in hearings at the district courthouse, federal investigators were collecting boxes of evidence from Tick Tock Liquors in Langley Park. According to a Western Union employee, the FBI arrived shortly after 7 a.m. The store remained closed for the day, as well as Prestige Auto Glass, the College Park store owned by Milijkovic.

U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein spoke briefly Monday in a press conference outside of the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt.

"Police officers are given badges and guns to prevent crimes, but these police officers allegedly used them to commit crimes," Rosenstein said. "The indictment charges that they crossed a bright line from catching criminals to conspiring with criminals."

"We have a lot of folks to talk to now that these investigations have been made public. We have a fair amount of information and evidence we've gathered, and the folks that we plan to talk to don't know what we know, and we'd like to keep it that way," he added.

Rosenstein would not officially say that the Johnson's cases were related to the arrests made Monday but said that there were related incidents.

"There are additional, ongoing investigations, and I anticipate that there will be more charges and more arrests," he said.

On Friday, County Executive Jack Johnson and his wife, Leslie, who is also the newly elected county councilwoman for District 9, were charged in federal court for tampering with witnesses and evidence and trying to destroy evidence of a bribe from a local developer.

If you want to see how the day unfolded, read below:

Update, 6:23 p.m.: At a press conference in Palmer Park at the Prince George's County Police headquarters, Chief Roberto Hylton said he was "outraged" at the behavior of the three charged officers, saying that he intends to hold the rest of the organization, including himself, accountable for the organization's performance in the future.

"We hold our officers to the highest standard and expectations," he said. "We will not tolerate any mistrust or the tarnishing of this badge as long as I'm chief of police of the police department."

Update, 5:50 p.m.: FBI and IRS investigators have left the Tick Tock Liquors store, after they packed boxes of evidence into a U-Haul truck. Before leaving, officials removed hand-written signs that read, "Closed," from the front and back doors of the location.

Update, 5:16 p.m.: A man saying he works with Tick Tock Liquors has arrived at the liquor store and gone inside the building, where FBI and IRS officials are continuing to pack up boxes.

Update, 4:24 p.m.: An FBI agent agent on the scene at Tick Tock Liquors said the investigation there should wrap up in approximately 20 minutes. Currently, agents are numbering the boxes to be collected as evidence in a case against store owner, Amrik Singh Melhi, 51, of Clarksville and his wife, Ravinder.

Update, 3:31 p.m.: A little after 3 p.m., an FBI agent came out of Tick Tock Liquors to say that they expect to finish inside the liquor store in about 15 to 30 minutes. About 50 boxes of documents and information have been collected from the store, owned by Amrik Singh Melhi, 51, of Clarksville and his wife, Ravinder. Both the Melhis were charged in U.S. District Court this afternoon with conspiracy to interfere with commerce with extortion.

Several customers have been coming by throughout the afternoon, asking why the store was closed.

Update, 3:16 p.m.: Three Prince George's County police officers and six other people appeared in court today to be formally charged after being arrested this morning.

Seven people, including Sgt. Rich Delabrer and Cpl. Chong Kim, were charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce with extortion. The other two people, including officer Sinisa Simic, were charged with conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and conspiracy to possess firearms in relation to drug trafficking.

The charges were read this afternoon at the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, which was packed with family members. The three police officers were not in uniform, and U.S. Marshals officials sat behind the defendants.

The maximum sentences for each of the counts was not read aloud, but none of the defendants was let out on bail. All are being held until their next hearings, which could start as early as Tuesday and could run through Nov. 23, according to court officials.

Update, 2:18 p.m.: An FBI agent at Tick Tock Liquors said that she expects it to take investigators less than an hour to finish up their work at the liquor store. The agent, who would not provide her name, said she had been on the scene since 5:30 a.m.

A press conference with Prince George's County Police Chief Roberto Hylton has been scheduled for 4 p.m. in Palmer Park. County Executive-Elect Rushern Baker III is scheduled to speak to the media at 5 p.m. at the Prince George's County Public Schools Sasscer Administration Building in Upper Marlboro.

Update, 1:54 p.m.: One IRS investigator has walked in and out of Tick Tock Liquors in Langley Park in the last several minutes, bringing boxes out to his vehicle several times. At one point, the investigator was given some kind of equipment out of another car. The official would not share his name with Patch, but he did say he was from Delaware.

FBI and IRS officials are inside the store now, boxing up items.

Update, 12:27 p.m.: Law enforcement, including the FBI, are on the scene at Tick Tock Liquors in Langley Park this afternoon. The liquor store owners, Amrik Singh Melhi, 51, of Clarksville and his wife, Ravinder Kaul Melhi, 49, were indicted this morning on conspiracy to commit extortion.

An FBI agent said "nothing interesting" will be happening for about two hours. Patch will stay on the scene.

Update, noon: A federal jury has indicted a total of nine defendants Monday including three Prince George's County police officers.

U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard A. McFeely and IRS Special Agent in Charge Rebecca Sparkman announced the indictments.

"Police officers are given badges and guns to prevent crimes, but these police officers allegedly used them to commit crimes," Rosenstein said. "The indictment charges that they crossed a bright line from catching criminals to conspiring with criminals."

Seven people are being indicted on conspiracy to commit extortion:

• Prince George's Police Sgt. Richard Delabrer, 45, of Laurel
• County Police Corporal Chong Chin Kim, 42, of Beltsville
• Tick Tock Liquor Store owners Amrik Singh Melhi, 51, of Clarksville and his wife, Ravinder, 49, also of Clarksville
• Amir Milijkovic, 39, of Bowie, who owns an auto glass store in College Park
• Chun Chen, 34, of Bowie
• Joe Moreno, 49, of Alexandria, Va.

The charges state that allegedly Melhi and others would pay police officers, so that they could use them for safe transport and distribution of untaxed cigarettes and alcohol in Maryland and Virginia.

They must also forfeit $3.5 million, 25 properties, 13 vehicles and 84 bank accounts believed to be proceeds of crime or used to facilitate crimes.

The defendants in the extortion conspiracy case could a face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.

Two other defendants Prince George's County police officer Sinisa Simic, 25, of Woodbridge, Va., and Mirza Kujundzic, 30, of Woodbridge, Va., are being indicted on charges related to a conspiracy to distribute cocaine.

Simic and Kujundzic could face a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of the drug conspiracy charge and a mandatory five years in prison for possession of firearms.

They will appear at the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt today starting at 1:30 p.m.

Original Post, 10:26 a.m.: Three Prince George's County police officers were arrested as they arrived to work in Beltsville this morning. The arrests were made in in relation to Friday's arrest of County Executive Jack Johnson, the Washington Post reports.

All three officers are being charged with witness tampering and destroying evidence.

Two of the officers have been identified as Sgt. Rich Delabrer and Cpl. Chong Kim. The third remains in custody in Beltsville.

Dist. 1 Commander Maj. Robert Liberati said he was shocked by the arrests.

"We had no idea all this was going on," he said. "We didn't know it was coming."

Liberati said that he is not aware of any investigation occurring in District 1.