Ben Stevens ID'd as Senator A
COURT FILINGS: Ex-legislator had only been named in news reports.
Published: August 30, 2007
Last Modified: August 30, 2007 at 02:24 AM
In a court ruling this week, a federal judge identified former state Senate President Ben Stevens as an alleged co-conspirator in a bribery scheme involving legislators and oil field services contractor Veco Corp.
Though news reports named him months ago, it was the first time Stevens has been so named in a court document.
The development was just one of the intriguing pieces of information popping up in court filings as the public corruption trial of former Reps. Pete Kott and Bruce Weyhrauch approaches. It's set to begin Sept. 5.
"The evidence which the United States will present at trial will show that state Senator A is, in fact, Ben Stevens," U.S. District Judge John Sedwick wrote.
The indictment against Kott and Weyhrauch says Senator A conspired with them and two Veco executives to benefit the company.
In particular, the document describes a June 5, 2006, telephone conversation between the senator and former Veco chief executive Bill Allen. In the phone call, the two agreed that Weyhrauch came to support oil tax legislation favored by Veco because Allen had promised him legal work for the company. Weyhrauch is a lawyer.
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