Pougnet, 62, the former mayor, pleaded guilty or no contest to all counts, 21 felonies in total, last month. The other ...

A jury on Monday acquitted Wessman on all charges, including nine counts of bribery and one count of conspiracy in case ...

The jury began deliberations Friday in the trial of real estate developer John Wessman as the decade-old Palm Springs bribery case nears an end.

In 2003, John Wessman convinced a group of homeowners and boutique hotel operators to let him build more than 30 tightly packed condominiums in the middle of their historic Palm Springs neighborhood.

A Riverside County criminal grand jury has indicted former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and real estate developers John Wessman and Richard Meaney on bribery, perjury and conflict of interest ...

Reporting from Riverside — As Palm Springs’ chief booster for nearly ... Pougnet, 53, and developers Richard Meaney, 51, and John Wessman, 78, were charged with a combined 30 felony counts ...

After years of delays, Palm Springs’ former mayor and a prominent developer will finally go to trial on corruption and bribery charges next week. For real this time. The trial for ex-mayor Steve ...

Pougnet voted on Sept. 5, 2012, to approve an amendment to the reimbursement agreement related to the Desert Fashion Plaza, a former mall in downtown Palm Springs that Wessman owned.

A Riverside County criminal grand jury has indicted former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet and real estate developers John Wessman and Richard Meaney on bribery, perjury and conflict of interest ...

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) - A jury is set in the high-profile public corruption case against developer John Wessman, who’s accused of bribing former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet in exchange for ...

Developer John Wessman was found not guilty of bribing former Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet. A jury found Wessman not ...