Ryan N. Hermon, Chief of Staff to New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr., Charged with Bribery and Hobbs Act Extortion Conspiracy
Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Janice K. Fedarcyk, Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced the unsealing of a complaint charging Ryan N. Hermon, chief of staff for New York State Assemblyman William F. Boyland, Jr., with bribery and conspiracy to solicit more than $250,000 in exchange for performing official acts for the bribe payers.1 Hermon was arrested today and is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy, at the U.S. Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York.