LAKE CITY — A former Lake City city administrator accused of falsifying official records for two former Lake City police officers has pleaded guilty to amended charges.

Eric Wood, 58, was arrested last September and charged with felonious misconduct in office, obstructing prosecution, perjury and suborning perjury.

He was accused of working with former officers Anthony Snyder, 46, and Aaron Alspach, 47, to falsify the two officers’ physical fitness records and paperwork to the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy. Snyder and Alspach were also arrested in September and charged with felonious misconduct and perjury. Both have since also entered guilty pleas to amended charges.

On Aug. 16, court records show that Wood entered a plea, pleading guilty to two counts of tampering with records, an aggravated misdemeanor, and one count of non-felonious misconduct in office — failure to perform a duty required by law, a serious misdemeanor.

In his plea, Wood admitted that in October 2020, he falsified the physical performance records of Snyder and Alspach “with the intent to conceal the wrongdoing.” He also admitted that as city administrator, he knowingly hired law enforcement officers who had not met the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy’s minimum requirements.

On Monday, Chief District Court Judge Adria Kester accepted Wood’s plea. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Sept. 18 at the Calhoun County Courthouse.

According to the plea agreement, the state will dismiss the remaining misconduct and perjury charges 31 days after sentencing if Wood does not appeal or otherwise challenge his guilty plea.

At sentencing, per the plea agreement, the state will recommend consecutive suspended prison and jail sentences and that Wood be placed on probation. Wood can request a deferred judgment, but the state may resist, the plea agreement says.

The two aggravated misdemeanors each carry a maximum of two years incarceration and $8,540 maximum fine, and the serious misdemeanor carries a maximum of one year incarceration and $2,560 maximum fine.