Omar Ponton was jailed on $25,000 bond while Simmons and Montrell Ponton received $5,000 bonds.

All three have April 20 court dates.

Sealey said the men surrendered at the sheriff's office but did not have lawyers with them.

Montrell Ponton was a juror in the 2015 murder trial of Jimmel Horton and so far was the only juror targeted in the case for alleged bribes of narcotics and money.

Sealey said whether other jurors were targeted with similar enticements for a not guilty verdict in Horton's trial remains under investigation.

Sealey declined to say how much drugs and money was offered to Montrell Ponton. He said the case remains under investigation and more arrests are anticipated.

Simmons and Omar Ponton were not jurors in the case. They, along with Horton and Keeyona Wilkins face charges for gathering what was described as the large amount of drugs and large amount of money that was be used as bribe payments as well as having knowledge of Montrell Ponton's family.

Horton remains in the custody of the sheriff's office and Wilkins is incarcerated within the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for unrelated charges.

They all face counts of accepting a bribe as a juror and conspiracy.

The sheriff's office said last week investigation of the jury tampering came around the time a mistrial was declared in Horton's case.

The mistrial was ordered because of a conflict of interest between the attorney representing Horton and his law partner who was representing a person who the state planned to call as a witness in the murder case.