Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury today indicted
Stephen Lyle Orback, age 64, on the federal charge of making threatening
communications, specifically multiple telephone calls threatening a
synagogue.
The indictment was announced by United States Attorney for
the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur and Special Agent in Charge Jennifer C.
Boone of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office.
According to the indictment, between May 12 and May 13,
2019, Orback made multiple telephone calls to an employee of a synagogue in
Owings Mills, Maryland, threatening to kill many members of that Jewish
congregation.
If convicted, Orback faces a maximum sentence of five years
in federal prison. No initial appearance
has been scheduled. Orback is currently
detained in Colorado on unrelated state charges.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt. An individual charged by indictment is
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at some later criminal
proceedings.
United States Attorney Robert K. Hur commended the FBI for
its work in the investigation. Mr. Hur
thanked Assistant U.S. Attorneys P. Michael Cunningham and Mary W. Setzer, who
are prosecuting the case.
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