Federal trials for Lake Station mayor pushed back to October
Post-Tribune (IN)
May 31, 2014
Lake Station Mayor Keith Soderquist ’s two criminal trials will be delayed until Oct. 20.
U.S. District Court in Hammond granted Soderquist ’s request to move the trials from their original date of July 14.
Scott King, who is representing Soderquist and his wife, Deborah Soderquist , and Thomas Vanes, who is representing Soderquist ’s stepdaughter, Miranda Brakley, both requested the continuance Thursday. According to their motions, the large amount of evidence given to them from the government and their own busy schedules meant they would not be ready to go to trial by July.
Soderquist and his wife were charged in April in two separate cases. In one, the federal government has accused them of using city money meant for the Lake Station Food Pantry and money from his own political campaign for their personal use, including gambling.
The second case charges Brakley with stealing from the city of Lake Station, where she used to work as a clerk for the town court. Soderquist and his wife are charged in that case with being an accessory after the fact and with money structuring.
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