The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
A judge has reversed a court order that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may remove an electronic tether and attend the Democratic National Convention in Denver....
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
From the front page of the latest Michigan Chronicle: Detroit, the nation’s largest African American electoral base, has reached a state of paralysis. It has come to a point where the mayor’s personal problems are overshadowing anything he has to say regarding the city. We have long resisted calls and other requests to urge Detroit Mayor [...]
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
freep.com | Karmanos, civic leaders press prosecutor for deal on mayorCompuware Chief Executive Peter Karmanos Jr. assembled a coalition of prominent business and community leaders to meet this week with Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to broker a deal that would lead Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to resign, plead guilty to some charges and bring closure to one of the city's most shameful sagas,...
The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
A prosecutor on Monday accused Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of violating his bond in an assault case by spending time over the weekend with his sister, one of 11 witnesses listed by authorities. Kilpatrick and Ayanna Kilpatrick were together at their mother’s house Saturday, a day after he was released from jail for violating bond in a [...]
The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Kilpatrick, Obama, May 7, 2007 (AP) On March 24, 2008, RezkoWatch wrote about Obama superdelegate, Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, who had been indicted for perjury, obstruction, conspiracy and misconduct (article follows). On August 7, 2008, Kilpatrick was put in jail. Gateway Pundit has the details and more. Also see Allahpundit at Hot Air: Kilpatrick’s fate? Under the [...]
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Detroit's mayor was ordered jailed on Thursday for violating travel restrictions imposed on him while he awaits trial on perjury and official misconduct charges....
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said LeFevre faces a consecutive five-year sentence if found guilty of escape......
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sent intimate text messages to several more women than previously revealed, prosecutors said Tuesday.The additional communications led the Wayne County prosecutor's office to obtain two amended charges against Kilpatrick, who contends Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has a personal vendetta against him, WMYD-TV in Detroit reported. The amended complaint against the...
The Crossed Pond (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Or, as he likes to be known, Mister Mayor: DETROIT — Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a possible assault by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on a deputy accompanying an investigator for the Wayne County prosecutor Thursday at the home of the mayor’s sister, Sheriff Warren Evans said. Evans said the 6-foot-4 mayor, a former star football player [...]
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The prosecutor's office allegedly determined Kilpatrick, 38, exchanged text messages with "intimate or romantic content" to several women......
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Associated Press - The criminal case against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide is expected to cost $200,000 this year to prosecute and could cost an additional $1 million next fiscal year. The Detroit Free Press reports Saturday that Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy recently gave the estimate to county commissioners. Worthy says the [...]
BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
UPI - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may face new perjury charges related to alleged extramarital affairs, prosecutors said. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy reportedly plans to amend a criminal complaint add alleged incidents of infidelity by the mayor beyond his alleged affair with former chief of staff Christine Beatty, The Detroit News reported Tuesday. “It will happen [...]
Bossip (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Posted by Bossip Staff Kwame Kilpatrick’s love of “Text Sex” has just gotten his simple ass into even more trouble: Armed with newly obtained text messages, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy is poised to accuse Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of cheating on his wife with multiple women in an expansion of the perjury case against him, Worthy’s [...]
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may face new perjury charges related to alleged extramarital affairs, prosecutors said.Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy reportedly plans to amend a criminal complaint add alleged incidents of infidelity by the mayor beyond his alleged affair with former chief of staff Christine Beatty, The Detroit News reported Tuesday.It will happen in the near future, Worthy spokeswoman...
The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Expanded perjury charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may hinge on a few words in last summer's police whistle-blower trial,...
