Monday, April 29, 2019

IN LOCAL CORRUPTION NEWS...

This just happened where I live.

St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger, a target of a U.S. government investigation into political favors traded for campaign contributions, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges of bribery, mail fraud and theft of honest services.

Steve, a DEMOCRAT, knows the feds have him dead to rights.

Stenger also resigned as county executive, according to his lawyer, Scott Rosenblum.

In a copy of the indictment unsealed on Monday, prosecutors said that from October 2014 to Dec. 31, 2018, “Stenger and various individuals and companies schemed to defraud and deprive the citizens of St. Louis County of their right to his honest and faithful services, and the honest and faithful services of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership’s Chief Executive Officer, through bribery and the concealment of material information.”

I've heard a great many things about this guy, none of them good.  Here's the federal indictment if you want to read it.

3 comments:

Katherine said...

So, St. Louis County isn't any better than St. Louis City, eh? The report says, in the third paragraph, that a Democrat will be appointed to replace him, and it takes a LONG time to read that he defeated a Republican in the general election. They avoided pointing out that this guy's a Democrat as much as they could.

Christopher Johnson said...

No surprise. I figured the Post-Dispatch, a good and loyal Democratic sheet, would do that.

Art Deco said...

Before going into politics, he was licensed in two trust-invested occupations: accounting and law. Sigh


Apparently divorced-and-remarried. Married his current wife when she was 23 and he was 37. Two children under 5. Doesn't admit to any children with the previous Mrs. Stenger.


Looking at a picture of him, I'd say he's had quite a bit of cosmetic dentistry done. No clue why politicians want to look like Hairplugs Biden.