A former FBI Special Agent was sentenced on Wednesday to two years probation and fined $18,000 for hiring illegal immigrants to work at a deli, Dallas U.S. Attorney James Jacks announced.

Ann Cox operated a Schlotzsky’s Deli in Rockwall, Tex., from at least August 1997 to December 2008. During that time, she hired and employed six illegal immigrants, with the knowledge that they were neither admitted for permanent residence in the United States nor authorized to be employed, according to Jacks.

Cox pleaded guilty in September to unlawfully employing immigrants.

Deputy Criminal Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney Dan Guess and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert H. Dunikoski III handled the prosecution.

FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert E. Casey Jr. said, “When FBI internal security procedures first detected the possibility that former Special Agent Cox may have committed this crime, I immediately referred this matter to our headquarters in Washington, D.C. Pursuant to established procedures within the Department of Justice, an investigation was then conducted by the Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with the full cooperation of the FBI. While it is disappointing that an FBI Special Agent chose to break the law, it is important for citizens to understand that the FBI has an unwavering commitment to take appropriate action when transgressions are committed by its employees, the overwhelming majority of whom are above reproach in their professional and personal conduct.”

Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief called upon federal prosecutors this past Friday to conduct a thorough review of last week’s raid at at The Rainbow Lounge resulting in a serious head injury to one individual, reports The Dallas Morning News.  The gay bar was raided by Texas police on the 40th anniversery of the Stonewall Riots in New York.

Currently, two parallel investigations are under way by the Fort Worth police and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission.  Police Chief Jeff Halstead announced that joint bar checks by local police and the TABC would be suspended indefinitely.