According to WVLT, The Justice Department announced that Tennessee State Representative Glen Casada and his former Chief of Staff, Cade Cothren, were indicted on Monday by a federal grand jury and charged in a lengthy investigation involving bribery and kickbacks using federal funds.
63-year-old Casada and 35-year-old Cothren were arrested at their respective homes on Tuesday morning by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) and are scheduled to appear before a U.S. Magistrate Judge.
Both men entered ‘not guilty’ pleas before the Magistrate Judge Alistair Newbern on Tuesday.
Both Casada and Cothren face multiple charges, including theft from programs receiving federal funds, bribery and kickbacks involving programs receiving federal funds, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud.