SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal
prosecutors say grand juries have returned indictments against five San
Francisco police officers, two of whom were charged with stealing money and
drugs seized as part of investigations. A former officer has also been charged,
reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
The U.S. Attorney's Office
announced the indictments on Thursday.
Sgt. Ian Furminger, 47, Officer
Edmond Robles, 46, and former Officer Reynaldo Vargas, 45, are all charged with
distributing controlled substances along with stealing money, drugs, computers,
electronic devices and gift cards from suspects, according to the Chronicle.
Furminger is also accused of
extorting property from an individual, though that was not among the listed
charges, reports the paper.
Separately, the other three
officers are charged with civil rights violations for allegedly entering single
occupancy hotel rooms and intimidating their occupants. The Chronicle
identified the officers as 41-year-old Arshad Razzak, 36-year-old Richard Yick
and 44-year-old Raul Eric Elias.
Prosecutors say those
allegations are based on surveillance footage released by the city's public
defender, Jeff Adachi, in 2011.
San Francisco police have
scheduled a news conference at 11:45 a.m. PST to discuss the indictments.