Daniel Urquiza

Daniel Urquiza, of the Meyer’s Castle banquet hall in Dyer and the restaurant at The Lost Marsh Golf Course in Hammond, is named in a felony count filed Tuesday June 1 2021 in U.S. District Court in Hammond. Urquiza has signed a deal to plead guilty, in return for leniency. Urquiza is identified in court papers as president and operator of the Lost Marsh Restaurant, for more than a decade – winning contracts to manage the city-owned facility at 1001 129th St. from the Hammond Port Authority. He was a shareholder in RSR Demolition, which has received demolition contracts from city officials in Gary and Hammond. Lost Marsh Restaurant and RSR share a business address with Meyer’s Castle, owned and operated by Urquiza’s family for several decades.