Sheila Sweeney
Sweeney, a longtime member of the 50度灰视频 County Port Authority board, became head of the 50度灰视频 Economic Development partnership in August 2015 at Stenger鈥檚 recommendation. Her staff oversaw the 50度灰视频 County Port Authority and 50度灰视频 County Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, which awarded two contracts detailed in the Stenger indictment. The Partnership board forced her out in January after the Post-Dispatch reported that Stenger essentially ran the office through Sweeney.
John Rallo
Rallo worked in insurance but his family had made a name for itself in 50度灰视频 in the construction industry decades ago. Rallo was introduced to Stenger in October 2014, during Stenger鈥檚 successful campaign for 50度灰视频 County Executive. There, he agreed to donate thousands of dollars to Stenger in exchange for Stenger鈥檚 help winning his insurance firm county contracts. While the insurance contracts did not work out, Rallo would later win a $130,000 marketing contract from the 50度灰视频 County Port Authority and he and partners would win a contract to buy two large pieces of real estate in Wellston owned by the 50度灰视频 County Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority.
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Sorkis Webbe Jr.
A fundraiser for Stenger and a longtime friend of Rallo, Webbe introduced the two at Sam鈥檚 Steakhouse in south 50度灰视频 County in October 2014. Webbe, identified in the indictment only as 鈥淪W,鈥 is a former 50度灰视频 alderman who in 1986 was sentenced to prison as part of an investigation into the awarding of a cable television franchise. In 2015, Webbe attended a meeting with Sweeney and Rallo about the Port Authority contract. He later was paid $12,000 from Rallo鈥檚 Port Authority contract as a reward for introducing Rallo to Stenger, according to the indictment. Webbe declined to comment on that, saying he had many business relationships with Rallo and had not read the indictment.
John Cross
Identified in the indictment only as 鈥淛C,鈥 sources tell the Post-Dispatch it is John Cross. Sweeney increased Rallo鈥檚 Port Authority contract to $130,000 from $100,000 in order to pay Cross for efforts supporting Stenger during the 2014 election. He was ultimately paid $25,000 from the contract, according to the indictment.
Corey Christanell
Rallo introduced his business partner, Christanell, to Stenger on May 4, 2016. Christanell, who is not named in the indictment, gave Stenger a $10,000 contribution. He and Rallo would give Stenger about $50,000 total from 2014 through 2018. Christanell and Rallo were two of the members of a company that in 2017 bought two large industrial parks from the 50度灰视频 County Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, which is staffed by the Partnership.
Jeff Wagener
A top Stenger policy adviser, Wagener is a member of the 50度灰视频 Economic Development Partnership board and often relayed Stenger鈥檚 directives to Sweeney, according to the indictment. He was one of the Stenger officials who was part of a pressure campaign in late 2018 to get Sweeney to approve a lobbying contract with John Bardgett & Associates.
Bill Miller
Miller was Stenger鈥檚 chief of staff from December 2017 until this month, when he resigned. A former official in Gov. Jay Nixon鈥檚 administration, he sits on the Economic Development Partnership board and was part of the effort to pressure Sweeney into renewing the contract for John Bardgett & Associates.
50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger's fall: Some background reading
Here's a collection of Post-Dispatch stories looking at some of the controversies surrounding former 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger.
The Democrat who sits atop the county government apparatus has figured out a basic rule of survivability in politics: Take care of your friends.
Two members of the investment group, John G. Rallo and Corey Christanell, have given more than $30,000 to 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Ste…
On Nov. 3, the Post-Dispatch asked record custodians from Stenger鈥檚 office and from the county鈥檚 Department of Human Services to provide all r…
The contract language approved by the board said the contract was not to exceed $100,000. But the contract Sweeney actually signed a few weeks…
The owners of the former Northwest Plaza in St. Ann have donated $365,000 to 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger, who was campaigning for…
Two of the top officers with the Missourians for Patient Care initiative (which failed in November 2018) have received lucrative land deals or…
鈥淭he bottom line is that any claim that this is a cost-savings measure for the County would appear to be quite inaccurate,鈥 Ted Medler, the co…
Stenger鈥檚 former campaign manager, working as a special project manager, directed an effort that started in 2015 to relocate several county of…
The lease will cost taxpayers at least $69 million, and could run as high as $77 million, according to the newspaper鈥檚 analysis of the county鈥…
In a text, Stenger called the council鈥檚 action a 鈥減olitical rampage鈥 orchestrated by councilman Ernie Trakas, R-6th District.
Stenger鈥檚 office arranged for the port authority to pay for the nonprofit to hire marketing consultant Steven Wyatt Earp, said Reginald Scott,…
Stenger said in an interview Wednesday that the county council and he 鈥渞eally don鈥檛 have much choice but to work with each other.鈥
Wellston Holdings LLC wants to sell the 28-acre site on Ogden Avenue to Copart, an online vehicle auction and resale company based in Dallas. …
Coleman is helping the council-backed board try to take the port authority and its casino cash away from the 50度灰视频 Economic Development Pa…
After selling 28 acres of Wellston land to politically connected investors last year, the 50度灰视频 County Land Clearance for Redevelopment Au…
Stenger has repeatedly denied any involvement in the 2017 sale of two publicly owned Wellston industrial parks to investors who also have dona…
Sweeney鈥檚 board released a statement saying it was 鈥渄eeply concerned鈥 about issues at the Partnership, and it sent a message to the county cou…
50度灰视频 County served with subpoena in federal investigation targeting Stenger, council chairman says
Page said the subpoena ordered the county to produce Stenger鈥檚 call history, texts and emails with current and former county employees related…
The chairman of the 50度灰视频 Economic Development Partnership said the agency and the county Port Authority and Land Clearance for Redevelopm…
All three were hired to county jobs shortly after Stenger took office on Jan. 1, 2015.
Prominent defense attorney Ed Dowd also sought county council support for resolution allowing county to hire him.
It also seeks records of communications between Stenger 鈥 or any current or former county official or employee 鈥 and any current or former emp…
A federal prosecutor leading the investigation into 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger鈥檚 administration has asked the county to turn ove…
A federal grand jury indicted Stenger on charges of theft of honest services. Stenger resigned; the county council chose Sam Page to fill the …
Local politicians and residents took to social media to react to 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger's indictment Monday.
These individuals were involved in some of the transactions outlined in the 44-page indictment.
Stenger and Sweeney instruct businessman to ignore the Post-Dispatch in an effort to conceal scheme, indictment alleges.
鈥楾alk to her and say, look at, Sheila, there are some real reasons why we can鈥檛 see this go the wrong way.鈥
Obscure fire district committee became a big donor to Stenger and earned the attention of federal investigators.
The $100,000 50度灰视频 County Port Authority marketing contract that is at the heart of the federal indictment of former County Executive Stev…
Talking with this week's host, David Hunn, reporters Jeremy Kohler and Jacob Barker discuss the indictment of former 50度灰视频 County Executiv…
Former 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger, who resigned Monday after his indictment on pay-to-play charges, is scheduled to plead guilty…
He pleaded guilty to the three federal counts in a pay-to-play scheme that could earn him three to four years in prison under federal sentenci…
Here鈥檚 a look at Stenger鈥檚 time as a public servant.
There was no record of whether the FBI successfully accessed Stenger鈥檚 phone data, but the 44-page indictment unsealed April 29 quoted many of…
The former CEO of the 50度灰视频 Economic Development Partnership admitted that she both knew about and covered up former 50度灰视频 County Exec…
Executives of a company that agreed to buy the Jamestown Mall from the 50度灰视频 County Port Authority said Wednesday they had nothing to do w…
Bill Miller, chief of staff to former 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger, pleaded guilty to a federal felony and admitted helping Stenge…
How much does Steve Stenger owe 50度灰视频 County for his crimes? The County Council is working on that.
The 50度灰视频 County Council is preparing a letter to help a federal judge decide how much former County Executive Steve Stenger should pay th…
John G. Rallo, one of disgraced former 50度灰视频 County Executive Steve Stenger鈥檚 earliest campaign donors, pleaded guilty in federal court to…
Council member Tim Fitch, R-3rd District, who introduced the ordinance, said the council believes it affects former County Executive Steve Ste…
Stenger was sentenced to 46 months in prison and fined $250,000 for using county staff and resources to do the bidding of his campaign donors.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a very sad day for democracy,鈥 U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry told Stenger. 鈥淭his kind of corruption causes the public to lose fait…
As part of her plea, Sweeney admitted knowing about and failing to report Stenger鈥檚 schemes to use county resources to reward his donors while…
Stenger, who reported to prison last month to serve a 46-month prison sentence, is scheduled to be released after just 27 months, according to…
A former director of the office that awards contracts has sued 50度灰视频 County claiming that he was wrongfully fired in 2018 after he raised …
The chief executive of a tech firm that won a no-bid contract under former County Executive Steve Stenger鈥檚 administration in 2017 said Tuesda…
The true source of the donation sheds more light on how Sinquefield鈥檚 operation was able to funnel approximately $700,000 to Stenger鈥檚 politic…
John Rallo, who federal prosecutors say gave campaign donations to Stenger in exchange for real estate deals and a sham contract with economic…