CUSTOMS OFFICIAL AND U.S. MARSHAL EMPLOYEE INDICTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES IN TEXAS McALLEN, Texas -- A husband and wife -- both federal employees -- have been indicted on bribery charges after being accused of asking a drug defendant to pay for inside information on his case. A grand jury Tuesday indicted 28-year-old Brian Anthony Brown, a U.S. Customs special agent, and 31-year-old Sylvia Longoria Brown, a clerk in the U.S. Marshal's office. The McAllen couple were arrested Sept. 18 and are free on bond. Authorities say they received $3,500 for giving Joel Garza information about his possible sentence for conspiring to distribute 86 kilograms of marijuana, to which he pleaded guilty. Garza's friend went to the police because Garza couldn't pay the $5,000 the Browns had requested, and his friend was worried Garza would be killed, according to court records. Investigators recorded an arranged meeting between Garza's friend and the Browns, who accepted $3,500 for payment, court records stated.
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