Person:Louis Swenor (2)

He was a bank robber.^[2]

1.   Union News, Springfield MA.

   Louis B. Swenor
   Union-News (Springfield, MA)
   May 18, 1995
   
   Louis B. Swenor, 60, of 50 Cherry St. died Wednesday in Baystate Medical Center. A lifelong resident, he was a painter for Norman Couture Co. He leaves a son, John Harding of St. Petersburg, Fla.; eight daughters, Sandra Nason, Loretta Enos and Corina Gillette of Springfield, Shari Swenor of Chicopee, Katherine Remillard of Indian Orchard, Cindy Swenor of West Springfield, and Elke Swenor and Lorie Harding of North Carolina; his father, Edward Swenor of Springfield; two brothers, Harold of Hardwick's Gilbertville section, and Edward of Las Vegas, Nev.; five sisters, Beverly Laliberty of West Springfield, Phyllis Berube of Harrisville, R.I., Loretta Casey and Lorraine Jaillet of Springfield, and Elizabeth Ferrindino of Wilbraham; 15 grandchildren, and his fiancee, Judith Gallagher of Springfield. The funeral will be Saturday morning at Sampson Chapel of the Acres Funeral Home, with burial in St. Michael's Cemetery. Calling hours are Friday afternoon and evening, and memorial contributions may go to the family, in care of 10 Pearl Drive, Wilbraham, 01095.

2. ↑ Union News, Springfield MA.

   2 bank robbers seek reduced sentences
   Union-News (Springfield, MA)
   March 29, 1991
   Author: KEVIN CLAFFEY
   Page: 20
   
   Two brothers serving prison terms of 14 1/2 to 15 years for a series of bank robberies in 1983 petitioned yesterday for reductions in their sentences contending that they are due consideration for providing help to organized crime investigations.
   Louis Swenor, 55, and Harold Swenor, 52, both of Springfield, petitioned Judge John F. Moriarty in Hampden County Superior Court to have their sentences reduced to six to nine years, which they contend was part of an agreement with former District Attorney Matthew J. Ryan Jr.
   
   According to nearly identical affidavits filed by the Swenors, they believed that at the time of sentencing they were promised the reduction if they gave the assistance. Assistant District Attorney Judy G. Zeprun said she is trying to locate a transcript of a conversation during a hearing in June 1986 at which the details of the plea agreement were spelled out to Judge Elizabeth Porada.
   
   Both men wrote in their affidavits, "I upheld my end of the bargain and provided information to the district attorney's office, yet they failed to uphold their end to assist me in a reduction of sentence."
   
   Former Assistant District Attorney Francis W. Bloom, who prosecuted them, also filed an affidavit in which no mention is made of a reduced sentence.
   
   "During the course of an ongoing investigation into organized crime . . . these defendants provided continuous information to myself and others assigned" to the investigation, Bloom wrote.
   
   Probation Officer William M. Sullivan said he recalls a conversation that "if the information proved fruitful," the prosecution would consider a reduced sentence. He and State Police Sgt. Michael Fitzgerald said that the information provided led to successful prosecutions.
   
   The Swenors admitted robbing a Western Massachusetts Electric Co. office,a branch of Ludlow Savings Bank, a branch of Union Federal Savings Bank and the East Longmeadow branch of Bank of Boston in 1982 and 1983.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. (Boston, MA).