St. Louis County Executive Sam Page made no mention on Tuesday of his indictment over a mailer regarding a failed countywide proposition.

But during the first full St. Louis County Council meeting since a grand jury indicted the Democratic chief executive, one of Page’s adversaries disputed the idea that charges are politically motivated or frivolous.

“The county executive has been charged with serious crimes that are of his own doing,” Councilman Dennis Hancock, R-Fenton said. “No one told him to do it, and no one coerced him into doing it. He allegedly violated the law because he chose to, and now the attorney general is doing his job and holding him responsible for making those choices.”

A grand jury indicted Page last week on two misdemeanor election offenses and two counts of fel

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