GREENSBORO -- The U.S. Attorney's office levied more charges Friday against
the three former Davidson County sheriff's deputies and the former Archdale
police officer who were arrested on federal drug charges in December.

The former narcotics deputies, Lt. David Scott Woodall, Sgt. Douglas Edward
Westmoreland and Lt. William Monroe Rankin, face new charges of civil
rights violations stemming from an illegal search of Wyatt Nathan Kepley's
residence, a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Former
Archdale police Sgt. Christopher James Shetley, Woodall and Westmoreland
were also charged with extortion. Woodall was charged with carrying a
firearm during a crime of violence.

Kepley, who was indicted last month on related drug charges, is facing an
additional charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The new
charges were returned by the federal grand jury Friday.

The five men were arrested Dec. 12 by the FBI and charged with trafficking
drugs. An indictment charged that the men conspired in the past year to
distribute more than 11 pounds of cocaine, more than 220 pounds of
marijuana, steroids and Ecstasy.

Marco Aurelio Acosta Soza, who was indicted in December with the other men,
does not face any new charges, according to the release.

Federal authorities also charged the men Friday with not turning over money
and property allegedly obtained though the sale of drugs. According to the
indictment, Woodall did not forfeit more than $258,000 in cash, a
motorcycle and a car.

Shetley is charged with not forfeiting a Harley Davidson motorcycle, with
the N.C. license plate, "BADPIG1."

Westmoreland is charged with not forfeiting more than $272,000 in cash.
Rankin is charged with not forfeiting $9,700 in cash and a truck. Kepley is
charged with not forfeiting more than $2 million and an SUV.

Some of the money that had been in the defendants' possession was turned
over to state, local and federal agents after the December arrests,
according to the indictment. The indictment states that $40,000 from
Westmoreland and $8,696 from Woodall was turned over to the SBI and FBI on
Dec. 18. On Dec. 12, $22,500 that belonged to Westmoreland was turned over
to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office.

The indictment says Woodall, Rankin and Westmoreland violated Kepley's
civil rights when they searched his house illegally in May 2000.

Woodall served a bogus warrant at Kepley's last July as well, according to
a search warrant from the December arrests. He took $42,600 and 16,000
vials of steroids that were later resold to Kepley for $12,000, the warrant
said.

In October 2000, Shetley used his position at the police department to
extort $2,649 from a man named Alan Spears, the indictment states. Woodall
and Westmoreland are also accused of using their positions as deputies to
extort $2,500 from a man named Michael Martin in October.

Woodall faces a charge of extorting $600 from a man named Francisco
Grimaldo Loera in November and carrying a handgun during the commission of
that crime, the indictment says.

A spokeswoman from the U.S. Attorney's Office said the five men will be
arraigned on the new charges the week of Feb. 4.

The men pleaded not guilty to the drug charge in the original indictment
last month in federal court.

If convicted on the drug charges, each of the six defendants could be
sentenced to life in prison and fined up to $4 million.

Five of the defendants are being held in the Forsyth County Detention
Center. Rankin was released on bond earlier this month.

The defendants' attorneys could not be reached by phone late Friday afternoon.