Former Portage Mayor James Snyder’s sentencing on his obstruction of the IRS charge was moved from later this month to January 14, 2026.

For his sentencing, Snyder also hired a new attorney, Joshua Minkler, who requested that the Oct. 16 sentencing date be continued to “afford counsel the necessary time to receive and review all relevant materials,” according to court records.

The motion to continue the sentencing date is the second time Snyder requested a new sentencing date, Minkler wrote in the motion, but the motion “is not made for purposes of delay.”

In an email to the Post-Tribune, Minkler declined to comment, citing pending litigation.

Snyder was scheduled to go to trial for a third time in U.S. District Court in Hammond on a bribery charge involving a $13,000 payment for a gar

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