DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a crisis-laden city even deeper into trouble. Kilpatrick, who served as mayor from 2002 until fall 2008, fattened his bank account […]
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returns to court Thursday to face what is likely to be one of the longer sentences in recent cases of public corruption, the result of two dozen convictions that range from bribery to extortion to tax crimes. While the city’s finances foundered, Kilpatrick was shaking down contractors, […]
One of the biggest scandals in the history of Detroit involved former chief of staff Christine Beatty and her affair with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Beatty is now speaking out about the sexting scandal back in 2008 that sent both her and Kilpatrick to jail after it was found that they lied under oath about […]
Tom and the crew open the show talking about the Joyner Jinx and Kwame Kilpatrick’s fate.
After organizing a “historic and unprecedented extortion scheme” from City Hall, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his partner Bobby Ferguson may be sentenced to 28 years or more if prosecutors have their way. U.S. attorneys for Michigan’s Eastern District issued the memo that stated Ferguson should serve 14-28 years and Kilpatrick 28 years in prison. […]
A video has hit the web of a cash audit being conducted in the former office of Carlita Kilpatrick, the wife of imprisoned former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. The video appears to show that cash was improperly stored in Mrs. Kilpatrick’s office. Sources believe this is the reason she lost her job this past summer. […]
DETROIT (AP) — Sentencing has been delayed for ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on his public corruption conviction. Federal Judge Nancy Edmunds moved Kilpatrick’s sentencing from Sept. 3 to Oct. 10 during a Thursday hearing. Kilpatrick’s lawyer sought a deadline extension to file objections to a presentence report. Objections now are due Sept. 9. Kilpatrick’s father, […]
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Carlita Kilpatrick, the wife of the imprisoned former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has lost her job and her home in Texas. Mrs. Kilpatrick lost her 4-bedroom 5,000 square foot home in Dallas, TX according to neighbors and they tell the newspaper various items including furniture are out on […]
April Ryan talks with Attorney Arnold Reed about the convictions of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson.
I’m completely disgusted with Kwame Kilpatrick. He’s a thief and a liar who betrayed the black residents of Detroit who expected so much and received so little. The former mayor of Detroit who emerged with so much promise was found guilty Monday on 24 counts of racketeering, conspiracy and extortion and a judge ordered Kilpatrick directly […]
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges, ensuring a return to prison for a man once among the nation’s youngest big-city leaders. Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including a racketeering conspiracy charge. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took […]
Today jurors are heading into their third day of deliberations in the Kwame Kilpatrick corruption trial. On Wednesday, the jury spent 13 hours deliberating over the charges against Kwame Kirkpatrick, Bobby Ferguson and Bernard Kilpatrick to no avail. According to the Detroit Free Press, the jurors asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds for clarification over […]
