Federal Air Marshal Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Bribery

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.

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