St. Louis County Executive Sam Page indicted on election offenses
Page was charged with two counts of committing class four election offenses, one count of stealing $25,000 or more, and one count of stealing $750 or more.
In the report from the grand jury, the election-related charges stemmed from 'purposely expended public funds on a flyer to advocate the defeat, or oppose the passage, of a ballot measure on the April 8, 2025 ballot.'
The other charges allege more than $25,750 of county funds were used 'with the purpose to deprive St. Louis County thereof by deceit…that such expenditure was authorized, which representation was false and known by (Page) to be false' throughout mid-March.
The county executive has recently been under investigation after a complaint from a resident who believed a flyer mailed at the expense of taxpayers was designed to persuade voters against a proposition, known as Proposition B, that would have given council members authority to remove county department heads, according to prior FOX 2 reports.
During a council meeting Tuesday, Page noted, 'I can't imagine that anyone has done anything wrong. I will cooperate fully with the investigation, and then I'll also be focused on the good work that we're doing for the county.'
According to Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, following the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office citing a conflict of interest a judge appointed him as a special prosecutor. After that, the Attorney General's Office initiated a grand jury proceeding against Sam Page, resulting in the felony indictment.
'I conducted this investigation into Sam Page's alleged misuse of public funds because the people of St. Louis County deserve accountability, not corruption,' said Bailey via a news release Wednesday. 'Public officials must follow the law, and my Office will work to ensure that they always do.'
This is a developing story. More will be posted as it comes into the FOX 2 newsroom.
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