Feds: Stahura deserves prison time, turned blind eye to NWI public corruption prosecutions
HAMMOND â Federal prosecutors are seeking prison time for the disgraced former Whiting Mayor Joe Stahura ahead of his Jan. 13 sentencing hearing. They argue that from February 2014 to November 2019, the then-mayor of Whiting brazenly stole thousands from his campaign coffers to fuel a gambling habit â even as several, highly publicized prosecutions of corrupt Lake County public officials were making headlines all around him. "Stahuraâs conduct did nothing to change the perception that Lake County politicians are corrupt and self-serving, but rather only enhanced it, the...
Source: nwitimes.com