A former Lake City police officer and current Lake City Administrator accused of lying on Iowa Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) certification documents have been scheduled for trial later this fall. According to Calhoun County District Court records, Lake City Administrator, 57-year-old Eric Wood, filed not guilty pleas Friday to felonious misconduct in office, two counts of perjury, and two counts of suborning perjury, class D felonies, and obstructing prosecution, an aggravated misdemeanor. Forty-five-year-old Anthony Snyder, a former Lake City Police Department officer, pled not guilty to perjury and felonious misconduct in office. Both men’s jury trials are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, Nov. 29 in Calhoun County District Court. A motion for continuance from a third man charged in the case, 46-year-old Aaron Alspach, who also previously served on the Lake City Police Department, has been approved. His arraignment hearing was rescheduled for Monday, Oct. 17. The three men were arrested last month following a nearly year-long investigation by the Sac County Sheriff’s Office at the request of the Calhoun County Attorney’s Office regarding Snyder’s and Alspach’s law enforcement qualifications.
