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It was Christmastime 2013, and Portage Mayor James Snyder was in trouble. His mortgage business had tanked, the IRS was after him for a significant tax debt, and on top of that he had holiday spending to account for. His $62,000 salary as mayor of the small working-class town just wasn’t cutting it. So Snyder showed up unannounced to Great Lakes Peterbilt, the local truck dealership he’d ...

The Roberts Court is getting back to what it does best: Providing a safe haven for political scoundrels.

But federal prosecutors countered Thursday, saying, "there was ample evidence here from which a jury could infer that the $13,000 check (petitioner) received from GLPB was a bribe — not

An attorney for former Portage Mayor James Snyder argued Wednesday that his convictions on federal bribery and tax charges should be vacated and he should be granted a third trial due to evidentiary issues and mischarging him under the federal bribery statute before a three-judge panel at the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago.

Snyder, 43, was indicted in November 2016, on the same day former Lake County Sheriff John Buncich was indicted on a charge of accepting bribes in a towing scheme. Snyder’s case docket has 585 filings.

"Had the government sought to convict Mr. Snyder of bribery and punish him for it, it failed," according to Snyders successful motion for bond.

HAMMOND — Former Portage Mayor James Snyder is seeking to remain out on bond rather than go to prison as scheduled Jan. 5 while he appeals his federal bribery and

A Portage official was granted immunity before testifying in the retrial of former Mayor James Snyder, his former boss, who is facing a soliciting bribes charge.

Former owners of Great Lakes Peterbilt Stephen Buha and Robert Buha briefly attended the retrial of James Snyder, former Portage mayor long enough Monday to receive immunity.

Attorneys worked to establish whether or not former Portage mayor James Snyder played an influencing role in the purchase of five garage trucks at the heart of his retrial on a soliciting bribes charge in Thursday testimony.