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Ex DTW Manager Faces Sentence

A former Detroit Metro Airport official is scheduled to be sentenced  on his conviction on bribery charges.

52 year old James Warner of Commerce Township was charged with receiving more than 5-million dollars in bribes.

He was an airport manager and field inspector.

Prosecutors say he fabricated invoices and overcharged the airport for work performed by contractors over a four year period.

Warner fought the charges and decided to go to trial and was convicted following a trial that lasted over parts of three weeks.

He is now facing up to 30 years in prison.

It would be the longest corruption crime sentence in U-S history, surpassing the 28 year sentence now being served by former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.