On the Agenda (page 33) for the Tuesday, August 25th, St. Louis City Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority Meeting is a second amendment to the contract with S. Shafer Excavating.
The ongoing revenue, nearly $4 Million with the latest contract amendment (Resolution No. 26-LCRA-11046), comes in handy for the company’s owner, Sammy Shafer Jr, defendant in a murder for hire case. Scott Rosenblum, his attorney, does not come cheap.
Sammy J. Shafer Jr has a January 19, 2027, Madison County, Illinois, jury trial date on two charges of first degree murder and two counts of murder for hire. It’s alleged that he arranged and paid $10,000 for the shooting death on January 21, 2025, of Portia Louisa Rowland, Collinsville, Illinois. Rowland was the fiancé of Sarah Shafer, then Shafer Jr’s wife, who had filed for divorce, now finalized. Shafer Jr was denied pre-trial release…