A Peachtree City couple was

arrested Thursday for trying to extort $10,000 from a Coweta man over

sexually explicit photographs featuring all three persons, police said.

Howard Bierman, 46, and Marla

Bierman, 44, were arrested by police after a sting operation conducted

Police Chief James Murray said

the victim met the Biermans through a business relationship.

"They apparently got him

involved in a situation and after that they tried to extort money out

of him not to expose his participation," Murray said.

The arrests came after police

wired the victim so the conversation could be recorded from a remote location,

police said. Detectives established a surveillance in the Peachtree Crossing

Shopping Center and made the arrest shortly after the conversation between

the victim and the Biermans, police said.

The Biermans were released

from jail Saturday on $5,000 bond each.