Federal Air Marshal Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Bribery
U.S. Attorney’s Office May 20, 2009 |
PHILADELPHIA—Fremon Myles, 44, of Bowie, Maryland, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for two counts of bribery of a public official, announced United States Attorney Laurie Magid. Myles pleaded guilty on February 20, 2009, to accepting two bribes while he was a federal air marshal for the Transportation Security Administration. Myles accepted the first bribe in exchange for conducting a check of a law enforcement database to see whether an individual had any outstanding arrest warrants. Myles accepted the second bribe in exchange for conducting a check of a law enforcement database to retrieve registration information for a vehicle license plate supplied to him by another individual.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Leo R. Tsao.