Soderquist starts prison sentence
Post-Tribune (IN)
October 16, 2016
Former Lake Station Mayor Keith Soderquist reported to prison Friday to begin his four-year prison term for public corruption, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons website.
Soderquist, 47, is listed as an inmate in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago.
Soderquist was sentenced last month to 42 months for crimes he committed with his wife, followed by another six months for abetting his stepdaughter in committing a crime.
His wife, Deborah Soderquist, 58, was sentenced to two years in prison, and his stepdaughter, Miranda Brakely, 36, received a six-month home detention sentence. She pleaded guilty to one count of theft from a program receiving federal funds.
The couple also must pay more than $26,000 in restitution to the city of Lake Station and to the Internal Revenue Service.
A jury found the couple guilty of using money from his campaign fund and the Lake Station Food Pantry to pay for dozens of gambling trips to Michigan.
Soderquist also pleaded guilty to helping Brakely hide thousands of dollars she stole from the city when she worked there as a court clerk.
During the summer, Soderquist admitted in court documents to recording and listening to thousands of phone calls made by city hall employees since 2011, including a call made from a phone in the private chambers of a Lake Station City Court judge. Though he wasn't charged for the wiretapping, it factored into the sentencing, documents said.
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