State Sen. Dalya Attar (D-41st), of Baltimore City, was arrested and indicted on federal extortion and conspiracy charges, according to multiple media reports.
Attar, 35, is the first Orthodox woman to serve in the state Senate in its 248-year history and is believed to be the highest-ranking Orthodox woman in American political history.
She was indicted on eight charges on Oct. 23, according to the Baltimore Sun. Her co-defendants, her brother Joseph Attar and Kalman Finkelstein, were also taken into federal custody.
“This is the first we have been made aware of state Senator Dayla Attar’s arrest and we don’t have any additional information to provide at this time,” Senate President Bill Ferguson’s office said in a statement. “The Senate of Maryland holds its members to the highest ethical standards as we serve our constituents, and we will continue to do so as we learn more about the alleged facts in the indictment.”
A Baltimore-born married mother of two, Attar was sworn in by Ferguson as a member of the Maryland Senate last January. She replaced former Sen. Jill P. Carter, who resigned from her position after being nominated by Gov. Wes Moore to serve on the Maryland Board of Contract Appeals.
A Northwest Baltimore, resident, Attar is a graduate of the Bais Yaakov School for Girls, the University of Baltimore and the Francis King Carey School of Law at University of Maryland. She is a congregant of the Baltimore Sephardic Center Beit Yaakov Synagogue in Park Heights.
She was elected to the House of Delegates in 2018.
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