David Snyder again jailed for non-payment of child support

By MARTI GOODLAD HELINE, Tribune Staff Writer

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Former Roseland Town Council member David Snyder

Former Roseland Town Council member David Snyder (WSBT file photo)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Apr 25, 2008 at 4:16 PM EST

Story Updated: Apr 25, 2008 at 4:24 PM EST

SOUTH BEND — Former Roseland Town Council member David Snyder was ordered back to jail Friday afternoon for nonpayment of child support.

Magistrate Rochelle Cotter ordered Snyder to serve 45 days in jail or pay $25,000 of his arrearage.

Snyder immediately was taken into custody following a hearing in Probate Court Friday afternoon.

The St. Joseph County prosecutor’s office took Snyder back to court because he has made no child support payments this year, said Catherine Wilson, a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office.

This was the third time in less than a year Snyder has been jailed for nonpayment of his $1,300 per month support obligation for his two sons in Texas.

Read more about this story in Saturday’s South Bend Tribune.

Sunday, May 25 at 1:13 AM James wrote ...

The government needs to stay out of peoples lives, I'm sick and tired of men getting screwed like this in family court why men put up with this is beyond me! Locking up a parent or taking away there drivers licenses is absolutely insane, (what is this communist China?)Woman need to start taking responsibility for their actions and the choices that they make if they make if they deiced to bring a life into this world they need to do so with the idea that they may have to do it on there own.

Wednesday, Apr 30 at 8:44 PM Ted Penn wrote ...

Thank god they have internet in the trailer park and Snyder on the news, Roseland has something to do.

Tuesday, Apr 29 at 1:49 PM sick & tired wrote ...

I believe it's all of Indiana with the poor child support problem. Maybe Mitch could sell the child support division to a foreign country. Dead beat parents, not an issue in Indiana.

Monday, Apr 28 at 11:58 AM rick wrote ...

so its monday now, is dave still in the slammer?

Monday, Apr 28 at 10:48 AM BUFFY wrote ...

Where is "JS" has she maxed out her credit card to get deadbeat david out of jail?

Monday, Apr 28 at 10:42 AM Lainey wrote ...

All dead beat dads - and moms too - should be prosecuted. My sister-in-law's ex was finally arrested after he stopped paying over 12 years ago. I still want to know why it takes so long?? He had a job - it wasn't like he left the country. You want people off of welfare??? This might be a start! Priorities Priorities.

Monday, Apr 28 at 10:17 AM Michigan wrote ...

Good for the Judge. So many fathers get away with not paying child support when they have the means to do so. In my eyes David Snyder is scum. If he would have been paying all along over the years he wouldn't be in this position. Your children should always come before you. So give up your luxuries to help support your child. What kind of man would turn their back on their child. And the sad thing is that his wife supports him and thinks it's ok. What is wrong with her?

Monday, Apr 28 at 10:15 AM BG wrote ...

I attend church with the parents of David Snyder and they are two of the kindest and most generous people you would ever meet. I have on occassion met David and Dorothy at services when they come. However I haven't seen them since they have both been off of Roseland's Town Council. It is a shame that he doesn't pull his weight around for his children. They are the true victims here.

Monday, Apr 28 at 9:44 AM Anonymous wrote ...

i just would like to say with dealing with child support div..they r a bunch of idiots who dont know whats going on when you call. try having money takin out of your check and your employer not sending it in..and then when you call them they tell u to hire an attorney. when its court ordered, why should i lose more money..Dvoraks need too go. or look and see whose running this joke of an outfit.

Monday, Apr 28 at 8:41 AM Renee wrote ...

Why is he the only one making headlines when there are thousands of us mothers who don't recieve childsupport?? Elkhart county let my childs dead beat dad go after jailing him and he is fifty thousand behind. Anyone ever wonder if this man just likes being in the spotlight?

Monday, Apr 28 at 8:32 AM Anonymous wrote ...

He is faking his injuries. He just wants people to feel sorry for him. He can get a job at Mcdonalds, or clean one of the hotels he was trying to cram down peoples throat in a residential are. This man can work, he choses to be taken care of by his wife. It is amazing how he can come up with $25,000 all the time when he needs it, but he can not pay back support.

Monday, Apr 28 at 8:27 AM ukienum3 wrote ...

good thing he doens't live in elkhart county. the 4D office there will take the man to court even if he has paid his child support and you can prove it.

Monday, Apr 28 at 7:52 AM chris wrote ...

This guy is a tool. I crack up every time he would come on the news. Same with his wife. Roseland, you did a good thing by getting rid of him, you have no idea how bad he made your town look. He will go to jail and they will make him pay from there. Be a man, take care of your kids.

Monday, Apr 28 at 5:50 AM Anonymous wrote ...

If there are as many citizens as you claim there are that is NOT recieving your child support, I would suggest you all get together and picket the Prosecutor's Office. If that gets his attention (and the news agencies reporting it) He will be FORCED into doing something to make it all go away. Actions speak louder than words. DO SOMETHING to make all your lives better! Form a formal protest!! It won't take very long before you get action, I'm sure.

Monday, Apr 28 at 5:45 AM Sam wrote ...

People, people, people! Nothing will ever change in regards to Dorothy and David. They are like "two peas in a pod". They are meant for each other. Don't you realize, it's all about THEM, and no one else? His children, I'm sure, have no respect for him. He doesn't CARE if they do or don't have their court ordered child support. It's all about DAVID, DAVID, DAVID!! To add fuel to the fire, Dorothy CONDONES what he does, instead of kicking this jerk to the curb. She has no brains either.

Monday, Apr 28 at 3:51 AM Cindy from Osceola wrote ...

Community property comes to mind. I do not understand why the x-wife is not going for the gold.

Sunday, Apr 27 at 11:31 PM Jame wrote ...

I think the Snyders are nutcases, however....what about the other deadbeats who don't pay for the kids they've donated their sperm to create? HELLO!

Sunday, Apr 27 at 10:15 PM jennifer wrote ...

obviously everyone who made negative comments about david snyder needs to realize the percentage of us single moms in st joe county who do not receive our court ordered child support but the county does absolutely NOTHING with our cases. my case alone 15 years and he still has not been arrested and still has a drivers license and still can be free...

Sunday, Apr 27 at 7:30 PM Give David a Break wrote ...

Why is everyone picking on this guy. He is unable to work. He got beat up and arrested at his last job. Just kidding- the man needs to be locked up for a very long time and his "new" wife should be paying the bills - he has to have a good income to owe so much to his children - can the man get anything right?

Sunday, Apr 27 at 6:57 PM michigonian wrote ...

Cut the man some slack...if we're going to lock him up...wouldn't it be fair to go after the hundreds if not thousands oF others from South Bend who are behind? This is SELECTIVE prosecution...there's a grudge here some where. LET THE MAN ALONE.

Sunday, Apr 27 at 6:28 PM Big Lar wrote ...

That's right Kathy, at least in jail, he has a roof over his head. A cot. A view of bars. A nice cold cement floor. A toilet with no walls around it. Hope he likes it.

Sunday, Apr 27 at 2:22 PM Kathy wrote ...

What part of "pay your child support David" do you NOT understand?? You helped to create these kids, so help pay for these kids! I would love to see the state come in and take everything of his, auction it off and use those funds to pay towards his support! I guess he must like going to jail. He certainly doesn't do anything to try to keep himself out of it!

Sunday, Apr 27 at 1:20 PM christy wrote ...

i wish the county would pay this much attention to my ex's arrears. my daughters father has never carried insurance per court order, and makes payments when he feels like ite and yet he walks the streets freely everyday.. i think david is discriminated against personally..

Sunday, Apr 27 at 1:09 PM Anonymous wrote ...

keep him in jail he wont pay it

Sunday, Apr 27 at 1:32 AM Irish wrote ...

He is a cutie, maybe he could share a cell with Sweet Bubba, he likes boys like him that don't want to grow up and be a Real Daddy. chucks he might even call Mr. Sweet Cheeks Snyder

Saturday, Apr 26 at 11:48 PM Just calling it like I see it wrote ...

WIth all of these inspiring comments from so many people I cannot understand why David Snyder chose not o seek re-election. There's some really positve feed back here Dave, no one actually said that they wanted you dead, but I think most of them inferred it.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 11:41 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Most of the townsfolk in Roseland would concur taht with David Snyder in jail, THAT IS one less rapist on the street!

Saturday, Apr 26 at 8:55 PM work for a living wrote ...

Get a Job David...............

Saturday, Apr 26 at 8:45 PM Pat wrote ...

David Snyder is a dead beat dad. I await the rebuttal from Anonymous(Dorothy) to my comments. Pay your child support David. It's that simple.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 8:19 PM Roxy wrote ...

Dont worry he and and his crazy wife will cry and whine and get out like always happens...I think he needs to be put in General Populationw with a T shirt that say...Im a deadbeat dad...let them take care of it

Saturday, Apr 26 at 6:06 PM outspoken from Plymouth wrote ...

I have absolutely no sympathy for the Snyder,s. These morons ruined Roseland and probably used town funds to pay child support the first couple of times. I hope Dave sits in jail for many months, as I am tired of seeing this loser's mug shot in the news. His new legal name should be, " Deadbeat Dave."

Saturday, Apr 26 at 1:59 PM Tax dollars went where? wrote ...

Dvoraks put Snyder in jail, but don't seem to care about rapists? Must be personal.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 1:02 PM cassie south bend wrote ...

Has everyone figured out that David has no assets in his name. Dum-dum Dorothy has it all in her name to avoid having all assets taken in an effort to collect back support. This guy is pond scum, now he cant work because of medicine from when he was attacked or whatever new excuse he can come up with. Well, I believe he could get a telemarketing job, fast food something to put forth an effort. He has mastered every way to NOT pay support or work.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 11:14 AM S.Bend mom wrote ...

Does St. Joe do the work release on back supporters now, finally? And to anony., I am a parent who did raise my child alone because the state told me that my 8.50 per hr. job was good, they did not push for the back support. I raised my son without any help but I do want to say the little amount of support would have made it easier, I might have gotten to see more of his sports and him if I wasn't having to work 60-70 per week to survive.There are many lazy,greedy,women out there though,I agree.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 10:48 AM Anonymous wrote ...

2 WORDS "lethel injection" dave its like your going to sleep, but with a twist you dont wake up.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 10:46 AM Bill wrote ...

About time they do something with the dead beat.Make him sell some of the property that he and his wife own to pay up.He is the one that was responsible for the childern.He can work but wants to make Roseland pay for his own fighting the rules of the BOARD of which he was a member but did not think the rules were for him or his wife.DEAD BEAT WAKE UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 10:19 AM had enough wrote ...

welll well well its about time. i work 2 jobs to take care of my kids. and i dont get child support and the dead beat is $150k behind. so why shouldnt david be held accountable for his share. its moms like us who sacrafise everything for the good of our kids. why should he be living scott free. im glad to see the court system finally did something. i know how hard it is to raise kids alone. my hat off to his kids mom, i hope she gets every penny she deserves. try living in our shoes. thencomment

Saturday, Apr 26 at 10:15 AM christine reasonover wrote ...

people should mind there own business who cares he is nobody special so many people owe child support its not even funny

Saturday, Apr 26 at 9:59 AM No kidding! wrote ...

This man is a total loser. There is no way ANY Joe Blow would get away with not paying support for almost 5 months. He needs to own up! Thank god he doesn't have custody. Maybe Dorthy should preach to him like she used to dictate Roseland.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 8:25 AM Big Rudy wrote ...

Get yourself "FIXED"??? Nothing gets fixed. It gets BROKE!!! He he he

Saturday, Apr 26 at 7:35 AM Bill wrote ...

Maybe he wouldn't have owed so much if the deadbeat jerk would have paid it from the beginning.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 6:40 AM Robert wrote ...

I learned from others how to avoid having to make child support payments 100% guaranteed. Get yourself FIXED!!! Too late for snyder i suppose.

Saturday, Apr 26 at 6:33 AM elsie wrote ...

His right to have a life is second to his kids' right to have a life. Yep, it does take two parents to contribute. HOWEVER, that is hard to do when Daddy Dearest doesn't do his share. He's not there to physically help and he's not paying. And one of his kids is disabled - which means that she is probably drowning in expenses that insurance does not cover. Having a disabled child makes everything a thousand times harder in every way. A court saw fit to set this amount - why is he above the law?

Saturday, Apr 26 at 6:23 AM Anonymous wrote ...

Our Justice System is FINALLY working!! He should have been put in jail a long time ago. I know in Michigan, NO ONE is above the law. They will and do put all dead-beat dads in jail up there. Michigan doesn't wait for them to get a certain dollar amount behind. If you owe your support and you refuse to pay it, you WILL be going to jail.......and rightfully so. I'm glad to see Indiana Courts are getting enough of Mr Snyder and his "Circus".

Saturday, Apr 26 at 5:50 AM Anonymous wrote ...

If he didn't have to pay an arm and a leg maybe he could pay it, maybe HE should have custody, if his x can't afford to raise the kids, woman ask and get way too much most of the time, don't count on child support to raise your kids alone!! You all should be ashamed of yourselfs for the way you speak of David and Dorthy. They have a right to live too, you sound like commies

Friday, Apr 25 at 11:36 PM a deadbeats ex wrote ...

I like the work release idea myself. Let him work to pay off ONLY his child support. Sale the car. Any assests should also be sold. Seems it's okay for deadbeats to live the high life while the kids do without. He's just a rotten piece of produce. Worth nothing but the trash bin!

Friday, Apr 25 at 11:13 PM annonymous wrote ...

Lets put it this way...he isn't the sharpest crayon in the box, if anyone hasn't figured that out. I called them once to report a dead animal that stunk, on one of their many properties, and was told that David would hire someone to take care of it. In other words, he doesn't even know which end of a shovel to grab ahold of. (And his wife isn't any better off in the brains department, or she would have come out and taken care of the situation herself.) As it was, nobody ever took care of it.

Friday, Apr 25 at 9:46 PM earl wrote ...

cue the banjos; 5-6-7-8...

Friday, Apr 25 at 9:31 PM yes they do! wrote ...

I live in Michigan, and they do go after the other guys up here! My ex is a deadbeat only $3000 behind and he's been in jail 3 times so far and about to go back! Yay for child support enforcement!

Friday, Apr 25 at 9:07 PM JT wrote ...

It's time to jail the wife to. She is as guilty as he is. He sure enjoys his Jaguar. Take his cars and other items away action them of and put the money towards his debit.

Friday, Apr 25 at 8:31 PM A fund for David...yea, right! wrote ...

I would like to know if there is a fund that people can contribute to assist David Snyder in relieving some of his finacial stress. Then I would like to know who killed Kennedy, where Hoffa's buried, the 11 secret herbs and spices that go into Kentucky Fried Chicken, which DID come first, the chicken or the egg? What does the Tooth Fairy do with all those teeth she collects, do riendeer really know how to fly, and if I had a hammer could I hammer a little child support out of David Snyders skull

Friday, Apr 25 at 8:06 PM Been there wrote ...

David Snyder needs to be put in jail, then only let out on a work release program. Then when the days work is done, back to jail. Until the child support is caught up. Put a beeper on his leg. It's time to get tough with the man.

Friday, Apr 25 at 8:03 PM Ed wrote ...

Just bury him out back like any other piece of dog crap. This man is a sorry excuse of a man and father.

Friday, Apr 25 at 7:49 PM Tawnya wrote ...

He needs to move to Marshall County, they dont go after deadbeats there. My ex is almost $40,000....and they say its a cival matter that is up to me to push the issue...what ever happened to a court order being pressed? And the sad thing is the kids suffer, not the deadbeats.

Friday, Apr 25 at 7:29 PM Joe wrote ...

I'm glad the media posts updates on this guy going to jail again. It helps make my day knowing that Karma is real.

Friday, Apr 25 at 6:48 PM Nancy in Elkhart, Indiana wrote ...

For Crying Out Sakes!!!! This is outrageous!!! Lock the fool up!!!!

Friday, Apr 25 at 6:31 PM rusty wrote ...

They also need to lock up his wife and lawyer and throw away the key. Then they need to grab ALL of his and her property and sell to pay off his back child support. These people are the "Scum of the earth!" Maybe by being in jail will teach him a few things about fatherhood!

Friday, Apr 25 at 6:31 PM Michigan Guy wrote ...

I am so tired of hearing about poor him--take him out and beat him in the town square with a stick--then use the same ugly stick on his loser wife!!! People, there are many other things in life to be concerned with-- Michigan Guy

Friday, Apr 25 at 6:30 PM whatever wrote ...

hanging is too good for him

Friday, Apr 25 at 5:50 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Maybe the town of roseland kept some of the money he owed in support

Friday, Apr 25 at 5:47 PM Me wrote ...

People are in court everyday for not paying their child support. They DO go after the 'other guys' too. We don't hear about them, however, because they aren't/weren't public officials! It's not like they're picking on Snyder by making this news - I'd say the only thing he's worse at than being a politician is being a father! And what happened to the '3 Strikes, You're Out' policy?? Send him to Michigan City!

Friday, Apr 25 at 5:17 PM Anonymous wrote ...

He's not the only one behind in paying support. why don't they go after these other fellas that don't pay there support. Because it's not a juicy enough story or what. Give it a rest....

Friday, Apr 25 at 5:14 PM Can you say.... wrote ...

Can you say habitial ?? lock him up forever, so we can stop hearing about this loser....

Friday, Apr 25 at 5:05 PM SSDD wrote ...

blah blah blah same ole story with him, thret to go to jail, his old lady nagically comes up with some money and whamo he's out.

Friday, Apr 25 at 4:48 PM mishawaka wrote ...

lets see how long it takes for him to find the money this time

Friday, Apr 25 at 4:44 PM Anonymous wrote ...

he will get his punishment now for everything he has done to people when he was on the town council

Friday, Apr 25 at 4:43 PM Kathy from Lakeville wrote ...

3rd time in 4 months maybe he needs 1 year per $1,000.00 owed. He doesn't seem to be getting the message. The state needs to seize all property he and spouse has obtained since the marrage even if it's only in her name(which was done to keep from paying child support)she is just as guilty to his theft from his children.

Friday, Apr 25 at 4:42 PM Anonymous wrote ...

hmmm,maybe thats where all of roselands money whent when he and his wife were on the board,if i remember corectly the town was broke when the left office and there was an ivestigation on where the money went

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