Federal Sunset Park prison guard pleads guilty to accepting bribes
A former prison guard at the federal correctional facility in Sunset Park pleaded guilty at Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday to one count of soliciting and accepting a bribe as a public official.
Jonathan Galicia, 34, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano for accepting a bribe while working at the Metropolitan Detention Center on 29th Street.
According to court documents, Galicia accepted a $3,700 bribe payment to smuggle an Apple iPhone into MDC and gave the phone to an inmate.