A week after Ted Lehrer was stabbed in downtown Stockton, then-Vice Mayor Jason Lee said the political consultant contacted him with another alarming report: He had been kidnapped.
Two months later, Lehrer publicly denied that any Stockton city councilmember kidnapped him and said he wanted to put the matter behind him. Lee, meanwhile, defended his involvement as allegations surrounding the incident became another point of contention at City Hall.
The conflicting public accounts emerged after a contentious Audit Committee meeting Sept. 21, when Lee questioned police officials about investigative records involving fellow councilmembers…