By Scott Detrow and Associated Press
A federal grand jury has released an indictment charging state Sen. Leland Yee and 28 other defendants with crimes, including firearms trafficking, money laundering and public corruption.

The document formalizes the federal charges first announced last week, and doesn’t contain any new details about the alleged crimes.
Yee, a Democrat, is facing allegations he accepted bribes in exchange for official government favors, and that he offered to import illegal firearms from the Philippines. Chinatown gang figure Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow is facing a separate set of charges, including money laundering.
Yee was suspended from the state Senate last week, and has dropped out of the race for secretary of state. But his lawyer says the longtime officeholder plans to fight the allegations in court.