Maryland Newsline

Hearings Delayed in Federal Corruption Probe in Pr. George's

 

By Justin Karp
Maryland Newsline
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010

 

GREENBELT, Md. – Detention hearings for two of the Prince George’s County Police officers charged with aiding in the transport of untaxed alcohol and cigarettes were postponed Thursday.

 

The lawyers for Sgt. Richard Delabrer and Cpl. Chong Chin Kim requested more time to prepare and, in Delabrer’s case, to confirm permanent legal representation. Both lawyers, James Papirmeister for Delabrer and Pat Woodward for Kim, declined to comment afterward.

 

Delabrer and Kim will both remain detained until new detention hearings are scheduled.

 

At least 10 Prince George’s County Police officers were at the U.S. District Courthouse in support of Delabrer.

 

After the hearing, Delabrer’s brother, John, accused Prince George’s County Police Chief Roberto Hylton of convicting his brother in the public eye.

“He threw [Richard] under the bus, instead of supporting him,” John Delabrer said. “He convicted him right in front of the cameras.”

 

Delabrer was referencing Hylton’s comments at a Monday press conference, in which he said Delabrer, Kim and Officer Sinisa Simic, charged in a separate indictment in the sweeping FBI corruption probe, were “bad guys who needed to go away.”