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124-10186-10077 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch31423 and id is 1 raw text is: * -j-3:u (Rxev.1-175 J.Mau.Lntliping in Space Below) By MARGARET Q(-NF-Y-r- -WASMNGTON (AP) - An FBI section chief is awaiting sentencing after becoming the first bureau official in history to plead guilty to a criminal charge of corruption. John P. Dunphy entered the guilty plea Friday as part of an agreement with Justice Depart- ment prosecutors involved in a broad probe of alleged financial corruption and other abuses of power within the FBI. Dunphy was fired from the bureau Thursday. Department spokesman Rob- ert Havel declined to discuss other terms of the plea bar- gain. Normally, plea bargain- ing involves an agreement by the defendant to testify against others involved in wrongdoing in exc.iange for being charged with a lesser crime. Dunphy, who was paid $37,800 a year by the bureau, confessed to stealing about $100 worth of lumber and other matefials frpm the FBI. The specific carge was converting govern- mmt property to his own use. HEfaces up to one year in ris- on and a $1,000 fine. Havel -said Dunphyis be- lieved to be the first bureau 07¶- licial in FBI history to be coun- 7icted of a criminal charce &temming from his job. t A 28-year FBI veteran, Dun- phy for the past several years has been chief of the exhibits section, which builds displays for the public tour of the FBI building. The unit also con- structs scale models of crime scenes and builds other dis- plays for use in court trials. An FBI spokesman said Dun- phy's resignation was request- ed Thursday and accepted as a st-en internal FBI inves- tigation. The Dunphy case marked the freimmal charg-tv-ermerge from the financial corruption probe that began last spring, and there were signs that the other major department inves- tigation of FBI misconduct also was moving toward criminal charges. It was disclosed Friday that the department has granted im- munity from prosecution to rome FBI agents who haye .agreed to testify against cvl- leagues involved in burglaries,. Assistant Atty. Gen. J. Stut- lerPottinger, through a spok i- man, said he is in the process of authorizing immunity for some agents. Department sources havi confirmed that the probe directly involves at least 30 agents or officials and in- directly involves dozens more. FBI Director Clarence M. Kelley has said many agents and officials fear they may be indicted or disciplined as a re- sult of the probe. Department officials have tentatively decided to seek in- dictments against some FBI men for violating the civil rights of American citizens by breaking into their homes or of- fices, sources say. The FBI acknowledged last year that agents committed hundreds of so-called bag jobs against political militants during the 1960s. Kelley said a year ago the practice ended in 1966, but he was forced to cor- rect the statement after dis- covering that burglaries contin- ued at least through April 1973. Kelley has said others in the FBI lied to him about the ex- tent of the burglaries but he haslTi et discovered who de ceived him. j7~ (I /7 .1 *l 0 guilty of corruption B1 clal pleads -virst F Off, -ffl elk (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) PAGE SEVEN -SUNDAY NEWS --BOGALUSA, LA. Date: 8-15-76 Edition: .M. GENTRY Author: Editor: Title: FIRST FBI OFFICIAL PLEADS OF CORRUPT ION Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: N. 0. Being Investigated IM)XE - _ S76E~Ef

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