WASHINGTON – A Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) employee pleaded guilty today to accepting an illegal gratuity for the performance of his official duties, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced today. Curtis Jones, 47, a resident of Annapolis, Md., pleaded guilty today before Chief Judge Benson Everett Legg in U.S. District Court in Baltimore to a single count indictment that charged him with acceptance of an illegal gratuity. Sentencing has been scheduled for Sept. 18, 2008. Jones was a physical security specialist with the FBI at the Bureau’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., at the time of his arrest. According to the indictment, as an equipment program manager for the FBI, Jones was responsible for negotiating, reviewing and making recommendations regarding a blanket purchase agreement valued at nearly $2 million for the purchase of upgraded shredders to meet new national security standards for the destruction of classified infor...