Two law enforcement employees indicted for fraud, theft of funds, civil rights conspiracy

An indictment returned today by a federal grand jury in Minneapolis charges Timothy Conrad Rehak, 47, Ramsey, and Mark Paul Naylon, 48, Ramsey, with six counts of defrauding the citizens of Minnesota of the defendants’ honest services in a wire fraud scheme, one count of theft of government funds, and one count of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of inhabitants of the State of Minnesota.

Rehak was a St. Paul Police Officer and Naylon was the Public Information Officer for the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office at the time of the offenses charged in the indictment.

If convicted, both defendants face a potential maximum penalty of 20 years on each fraud count, 10 years on the theft count and 10 years on the conspiracy count. All sentences are determined by a federal district court judge.

The defendants are scheduled to appear in federal court at 11 a.m. March 13, 2008, for an initial appearance to answer the indictment.

This case is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Joe Dixon and John R. Marti.

An indictment is a determination by a grand jury that there is probable cause to believe that offenses have been committed by the defendant. The defendant, of course, is presumed innocent until he or she pleads guilty or is proven guilty at trial.