20 YEARS FOR CHILD PORN OWNER

Newsday

Michael McGowan, a 33 year old federal air marshal from Hicksville, has been arrested on chargesof possessing child pornography and false credentials identifying him as both an FBI agent and aCIA agent, federal officials said. He was arrested by federal postal inspectors on July 21, 2004,at a casino in upstate Verona near the Canadian border. McGowan was held without bail after afederal prosecutor said that one of the pictures seized from his home showed him engaging in sexwith an adolescent boy and that he is under investigation for possible child molestation in Texas.He had been arrested twice as a youth, once for allegedly possessing a pipe bomb and once on agrand larceny charge. The two juvenile cases were settled with McGowan getting youthful offenderstatus and the child molestation investigation is continuing in Corpus Christi, Texas. McGowan hadbeen on administrative leave since June 2, when New Jersey state police reported he was beinginvestigated for an apparent incident of road rage in which he allegedly pulled his serviceweapon on another motorist.

McGowan, of 47 Haverford Road, has been charged with taking two boys to Disney World in Orlandoin order to engage in sexual activities with them. He pleaded not guilty to the charges onSeptember 27 in Federal District Court in Central Islip and to charges of sexual exploitation ofchildren and transmitting and receiving child pornography. He has been held without bail sinceJuly. If convicted, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

McGowan pleaded guilty in 2005 to the child pornography charge and was sentenced on July 20,2006, to 20 years in federal prison.

(New York)