Former PGPD Officer Sentenced To Three Years in Prison For Extortion

A former Prince George’s County Police officer was sentenced to 46 months in prison on extortion charges related to a scheme to transport and distribute untaxed alcohol and firearms, announced the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.

U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte additionally sentenced Richard Delabrer, 47, of Laurel, to two years of supervised release, for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by extortion under color of official right and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. The charges are part of a scheme involving the transport and distribution of untaxed alcohol and cigarettes. Delabrer also will be required to forfeit the purchase of a home he made with funds from the scheme and will be required to pay $183,799 in restitution.

According to court documents, Delabrer began working with Amir Miljkovic, owner of an auto glass store in College Park, to transport and sell untaxed cigarettes and alcohol across state lines. The two men began working with a undercover agent working with the FBI, according to documents, with Delabrer protecting loads of untaxed alcohol that the source brought from Virginia into Maryland to sell to a retail liquor store in Prince George’s County.

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This story was changed to clarify that the former officer was not serving in the Laurel Police Department.