Army Official From Manassas Faces Federal Bribery Charges

A retired U.S. Army sergeant major from Manassas is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly seeking bribes from a Pentagon contractor.

James Glenn Warner, 44, was arrested Wednesday by the FBI and military law enforcement officials and charged with soliciting bribes from executives working for a private company on a Pentagon contract, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. As a civilian contracting official for the Army, Warner managed the contract.

Warner faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and up to a $1.5 million fine if convicted, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.

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According to an affidavit filed in support of the federal criminal complaint against Warner, he allegedly met in October with two executives of a Virginia-based firm identified only as Company A, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The firm held a five-year contract with the Department of the Army worth up to $120 million.

At the meeting in an Arlington restaurant, Warner allegedly solicited a bribe of $500,000, suggesting that in return, the firm would secure a contract renewal from the Department of the Army. In addition, Warner suggested that alleged damaging information about the firm would be destroyed, the affidavit stated.

According to the affidavit, the two executives declined Warner’s solicitation, reported the conduct and began cooperating with law enforcement agents. Acting at the direction of law enforcement, one executive then met with Warner on four subsequent occasions, paying him a total of $50,000 in cash bribes.

The case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the Army’s Criminal Investigative Command.