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Trucks are parked outside Miller's Towing on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in King City, Calif. The acting police chief and two officers in King City were removed from duty after being arrested on suspicion of selling or giving away the impounded cars of poor residents, authorities said. Brian Albert Miller, the operator of the towing company and brother of the acting chief, has also been arrested. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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A woman and child cross an intersection on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in King City, Calif. The acting police chief and two officers in King City were removed from duty after being arrested on suspicion of selling or giving away the impounded cars of poor residents, authorities said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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City Manager Michael Powers conducts interviews outside for the police department on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in King City, Calif. The acting police chief and two officers in King City were removed from duty after being arrested on suspicion of selling or giving away the impounded cars of poor residents, authorities said. Powers told The Associated Press that Monterey County sheriff's deputies and officers from nearby Gonzales and Soledad have volunteered to help the depleted force in King City. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Patrol cars are lined up at the King City Police Deptment on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in King City, Calif. The acting police chief and two officers in King City were removed from duty after being arrested on suspicion of selling or giving away the impounded cars of poor residents, authorities said. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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King City residents gather at Veronica Villa's, center with red apron, restaurant to discuss a police car theft ring on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in King City, Calif. The district attorney charged four police officers and a civilian in a scheme to steal cars from poor Latinos by having their cars impounded at a local tow yard. When the motorists were unable to pay their fees, the tow yard operator sold the cars or gave them for free to police officers. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

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Arlington police detective Charles Lodatto is photographed outside the Ott Cribbs Public Safety Building in Arlington, Texas on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Lodatto is back to his previous job as a FBI Violent Crime and Gang Task Force officer based in Fort Worth. Lodatto was shot in the leg while arresting Tyler Holder who is suspected of raping and killing a 6-yr old girl in Saginaw last July. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Tom Fox) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

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Arlington police detective Charles Lodatto catches up on some office work at the Ott Cribbs Public Safety Building in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Lodatto is back to his previous job as a FBI Violent Crime and Gang Task Force officer based in Fort Worth. Lodatto was shot in the leg while arresting Tyler Holder who is suspected of raping and killing a 6-yr old girl in Saginaw last July. (AP Photo/The Dallas Morning News, Tom Fox) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES

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Armando Vergara-Martinez, looks in the courtroom after testifying in his own defense in Clark County District Court on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 in Las Vegas. The North Las Vegas man told a jury he was very drunk and doesn't remember hacking his ex-girlfriend's scalp and arms with a machete. Vergara-Martinez was the only defense witness in his attempted murder trial in the March 2012 attack on Maria Del Carmen Gomez. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LAS VEGAS SUN OUT

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Armando Vergara-Martinez, left, cries while testifying in his own defense in Clark County District Court on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 in Las Vegas. Beside Vergara-Martinez is court interpreter Alex Andrade. The North Las Vegas man told a jury he was very drunk and doesn't remember hacking his ex-girlfriend's scalp and arms with a machete. Vergara-Martinez was the only defense witness in his attempted murder trial in the March 2012 attack on Maria Del Carmen Gomez. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LAS VEGAS SUN OUT

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Armando Vergara-Martinez,left, cries while testifying in his own defense in Clark County District Court on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 in Las Vegas. The North Las Vegas man told a jury he was very drunk and doesn't remember hacking his ex-girlfriend's scalp and arms with a machete. Vergara-Martinez was the only defense witness in his attempted murder trial in the March 2012 attack on Maria Del Carmen Gomez. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jeff Scheid) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT; LAS VEGAS SUN OUT

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FILE - This Aug. 13, 2013 file photo shows a gas drilling rig at the Detweiler well in Salesville, Ohio. Supreme Court justices in Ohio vigorously challenged attorneys on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 over the power of state-level oil and gas drilling regulations to supersede local zoning laws. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete, File)

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This Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 photo shows a Lindenhurst, N.Y., home where police say a 21-year-old and a teenage girl described as a runaway were held against their will and forced to work as prostitutes. Police raided the home on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 and charged Andy Gayot, 35, with numerous crimes related to the alleged scheme. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

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CORRECTS TO FEB. 26 FROM FEB. 24 - This photo provided by the Suffolk County Police, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, shows 35-year-old Andy Gayot who was arrested Tuesday at his Lindenhurst, N.Y., home on Long Island. Police arrested Gayot on charges he kept a woman and a 15-year-old girl captive for months and forced them to work as prostitutes. Suffolk County Police say the 21-year-old woman was held for over a year while the teenager was allegedly held for about four months. (AP Photo/Suffolk County Police)