A judge in southwest Missouri has allowed the criminal case against St. Louis County Executive Sam Page to move forward.
Greene County Judge Kati Greenwade on Friday denied a motion from Page’s attorneys to dismiss the case. She did not rule on a second motion to throw out evidence set to be collected from Page’s cellphone.
A grand jury in July charged Page with two felonies and two misdemeanors related to the April municipal elections. He is accused of theft of public money for spending county funds on a flyer and mailer opposing Proposition B, a ballot measure that would have given the county council more power to fire department heads. Page has said the materials were educational…