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Court Case
USA v. Orback, Stephen
January 2020 (Updated January 16, 2020)
Baltimore, MD
Anti-Semitism
[DMD] On Aug. 5, 2019, a federal grand jury indicted Stephen Lyle Orback on the federal charge of making threatening communications, specifically multiple telephone calls threatening a synagogue. 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.
Case Updates
2020-01-16 | Superseding Indictment Charges Man for Making Threats Against a Maryland Synagogue
A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging Stephen Orback, 65, for threatening on multiple occasions to attack a Baltimore-area synagogue. According to the superseding indictment, between May 12 and July 21, 2019, Orback made numerous telephone calls to an employee of a synagogue in Owings Mills, Maryland, threatening to kill members of the synagogue's congregation with firearms, by using explosives, and by burning the synagogue down. The superseding indictment replaces a previous indictment, handed down by the grand jury on Aug. 15, 2019, which charged the defendant only with the interstate-threats count.
