LaPorte Bancorp 10-K 2009 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

Lee A. Brady, President and Chief Executive Officer and Michele M. Thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) each certify in their capacity as an officer of the Company that they have reviewed the annual report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 and that to the best of their knowledge:

(1) the report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) the information contained in the report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

The purpose of this statement is solely to comply with Title 18, Chapter 63, Section 1350 of the United States Code, as amended by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Date: March 22, 2010	/s/ Lee A. Brady
	Lee A. Brady
	President and Chief Executive Officer
Date: March 22, 2010	/s/ Michele M. Thompson
	Michele M. Thompson
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer