After illegally dumping behind homes in East Cleveland, Pete & Pete buys a landfill and sends a Valley View cop to collect debts
EAST CLEVELAND, OH – Ex-East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton convinced then council vice president Brandon King and president Thomas Wheeler in 2014 to switch the times of a council meeting from 6:30 p.m. until 1 p.m. when other members of the legislative authority and the public were at work.  The trio wanted to sell Christine Beynon and George Michael Riley landbank land at 1705 Noble Road to redevelop for $150,000. Norton, Wheeler and King claimed the changed times and urgency was required to meet payroll. About two months later Norton – without council approval – signed the mercury-contaminated property’s title…