A man behind bars is facing new charges after he allegedly sent a threatening letter to a Chicago probation officer, the U.S. Attorney’s Office reported. The inmate, identified as 62-year-old Glenn Bowden from Riverdale, Ill., was indicted on charges including the dispatch of a threatening communication and obstruction of an official proceeding.
While serving time for federal robbery charges, Bowden is accused of mailing a threatening letter to the probation officer who was involved in his presentence report before he was slapped with a nine-year sentence back in 2022 but that's just the tip of the iceberg. According to court documents, Bowden is also charged with concocting a letter falsely credited to his prison chaplain to push for his release on compassionate grounds—only the chaplain denies any involvement.
During the FBI's investigation into the suspicious correspondence, Bowden also reportedly fed agents a stream of lies claiming he neither typed nor sent any letter to the U.S. Probation officer and denied knowing who penned the chaplain's letter. He faces an additional count for making false statements, but an indictment is no smoking gun—it merely signals charges, not proof of guilt.
Bowden's day in court is set for April 4, where he’ll face the music before U.S. Magistrate Judge Beth W. Jantz, the indictment read he's going to have to navigate through these claims while presumptively innocent, until, or unless the government can prove him guilty beyond any doubt. Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual, along with authorities from the FBI and U.S. Marshal's Office, echoed the premise that guilt must be established in court and Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey B. Rubenstein is carrying the legal mantle for the government's side of this saga.
