after being hospitalized for more than a month. the question was why did the suspect do this. again, at this point, we re probably not going to comment on specifics in the investigation, because there are other pending charges. reporter: according to the court documents, each time dews allegedly set a house on fire, he notified d.c. fire department, like he was calling in a tip. he would then allegedly stay on the scene to take pictures and record the blaze. authorities say it happened at the fire set back in june on grant street that gutted this abandoned home, as well as the most recent on july the 5th, once again on 48th place. but this time, there was a witness who saw dews allegedly spark the fire. and police tracked him down. at his home in northeast d.c., a relative of the suspect tells news4, she had no idea. i m just like kind of glad that he s not here, because he could get upset and my grandmother let him stay here. he could get upset, and next thing you know
know what a referral with a violation means? it means we think there is criminal activity that needs to be looked into. reporter: the u.s. attorneys office already made informal inquiries into the kwame brown affair, but the formal criminal probe request is a serious blow to the council chairman. brown declined to speak to news4, but said in had a statement, he welcomes the probe to clear his name. thank you. we re adjourned. reporter: board chairman togo west also thursday said the city s campaign ethics office needs more fire power to curb growing incidents of misconduct by public officials. i say get me some more auditors, so that i can flood the place with auditors the way the fbi does. you want to improve ethics policing in the district of columbia? get me some more auditors in the office of campaign finance. reporter: there are three elected officials under various investigation in the d.c. office, brown, tommy thomas, and mayor vincent gray. gray says citizen