Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied in court Monday that he made threats to a prosecutor during a jailhouse telephone call to his wife while he was serving time following a text-messaging sex scandal that led to his resignation. Two 15-minute conversations — recorded in November 2008 — were played Monday afternoon in Wayne County Circuit Court during Kilpatrick's hearing about restitution payments. "When we get the loot, we're going to take her all the way out," Kilpatrick told his wife... Read Full Story
Mayor Dave Bing has spent the past few months bringing stability back to Detroit City Hall. Now the first-term mayor is on the road, pleading Detroit's case to state lawmakers and participating in a White House forum Thursday on jobs and economic growth. On Wednesday, the 65-year-old Democrat briefed Michigan legislators on Detroit's financial woes and precarious future while mending political fences damaged by past mayoral administrations. "They understand there is a new day in Detroit, one... Read Full Story
DETROIT, Dec. 10 (UPI) --
Testimony in the restitution hearing for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been completed and closing arguments will begin in January, a judge said.
The Detroit Free Press Thursday said Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner scheduled closing arguments for the hearing Jan. 12 and the judge is expected to make his ruling on Jan. 20.
Kilpatrick, 39, is required to pay the city of Detroit $1 million in restitution as part of a 2008 plea deal on charges... Read Full Story
An attorney for Compuware Corp. testified Tuesday that ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick did not sign a promissory note on a $240,000 loan until IRS and federal agents asked to see the documents. Kilpatrick received an initial $150,000 payment on the loan from Compuware Chairman and CEO Peter Karmanos and three other top business executives Feb. 4 and a second $90,000 installment in June, but only signed a document about paying them back following the Aug. 10 visit by agents, said Dan Follis... Read Full Story
This week on “Let It Rip,” we discuss Kandia Milton, a long time
friend of Kwame Kilpatrick and the former deputy mayor of Detroit
who has plead guilty to bribery. We also talk about the former
mayor, who was back in court this week for a restitution hearing.
Kilpatrick says he can’t afford it as prosecutors argue he’s hiding
his money. Read Full Story
Attorneys have just over 30 days to prepare final arguments in a
hearing to decide how much ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has to
pay the city each month in court-ordered restitution. Read Full Story
DETROIT, Dec. 5 (UPI) --
A former Detroit police officer pleaded guilty to bribery Friday and implicated two former aides to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Jerry River, 39, of Taylor, Mich., told a federal judge he received $50,000 for helping in the sale of Camp Brighton, a city-owned camp about 50 miles west of Detroit, to the Chaldean Catholic Church, The Detroit News reported. He said Kandia and DeDan Milton, brothers who both worked for Kilpatrick, got $30,000 of the money and he kept the... Read Full Story
A lawyer who won a police whistle-blowers' case that led to the downfall of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick testified Thursday that he gave a copy of the ex-mayor's text messages to the Detroit Free Press in October 2007. The admission by Mike Stefani came during a misconduct hearing before the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board. Stefani testified he obtained three copies of the messages through a subpoena shortly after his clients won a $6.5 million jury award in their case against... Read Full Story
Professional basketball Hall of Famer Dave Bing has been re-elected Detroit mayor. The 65-year-old Democrat defeated accountant Tom Barrow in Tuesday's nonpartisan general election. Bing's NBA career lasted 12 seasons, nine with the Detroit Pistons. As mayor, he has laid off workers and demanded a 10 percent wage cut to help address the city's ongoing budget deficit. It was the fourth time Detroit voters cast ballots this year for mayor. Bing received the most votes in a February primary and... Read Full Story
Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is to return to a Detroit courtroom as
a hearing into nearly $1 million in restitution he owes the city
continues.
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