Decision on whether Portage mayor goes on trial next week will be announced Friday
NWI Times
October 03, 2018
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HAMMOND — The decision as to whether Portage Mayor James Snyder's public corruption trial moves forward next week will be announced Friday afternoon.
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Van Bokkelen announced Wednesday he will hold a hearing on his ruling at 3 p.m. Friday.
The ruling comes after Snyder's co-defendant John Cortina, owner of Kustom Auto Body in Portage, filed a motion late last week asking to either sever his trial from Snyder's or to continue the joint trial to another date.
The request was made by Cortina's attorney, Kevin Milner, whose child is undergoing surgery Oct. 16.
In responses to Cortina's motion, federal prosecutors have requested the trial be continued to a later date; Snyder, in his response, argued he wants his trial to move forward as planned on Oct. 9.
Van Bokkelen held a telephonic closed door hearing on the motion Tuesday morning.
Cortina is charged with one count of offering a bribe, alleging he gave Snyder $12,000 to put a towing company associated with Cortina on the city's tow list. Snyder, in one of the three counts in the indictment issued in November 2016, is charged with soliciting and accepting the bribe.
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