Flutterby™! : Framing up St Louis area politicians

Indictment claims Pine Lawn police lieutenant conspired to arrest mayoral candidate:

During the corruption trial in April of former Pine Lawn Mayor Sylvester Caldwell, Akram Samad, manager of the Pine Lawn Food Market, testified that he helped frame Nakisha Ford, Caldwell’s 2013 opponent. Samad said Blakeney had told him to call 911 and claim that Ford had taken a Caldwell campaign sign from the store. Blakeney then returned to take a police report, and told Samad to testify against Ford in court.