Topic: Detroit

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be barred from profiting from the sale of his memoirs, a court ruled on Tuesday, until he pays off nearly $900,000 in restitution he still owes under his 2008 conviction on obstruction of ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from a Michigan state prison on Tuesday after serving about 14 months for violating the terms of his probation on obstruction of justice and perjury charges.Kilpatrick, 41, who faces multiple federal charges, ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was granted parole on Friday and will be released from state prison in late July, a state prison spokesman said.Kilpatrick, 41, was sentenced to 18 months to five years in prison after he was ...

DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday entered not guilty pleas to racketeering, extortion, and a slew of other charges on behalf of imprisoned former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father and three co-defendants.Kilpatrick, a 40-year-old Democrat who was considered a rising ...

US files new corruption charges against ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick; father indicted, tooFederal prosecutors in Detroit say they've filed new corruption charges against imprisoned ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and also are charging his father, Bernard Kilpatrick.U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade and FBI Detroit chief Andrew ...

Kwame Kilpatrick resigned his position as mayor of Detroit on September 4 , 2008 . Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges including conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury. 'I Lied Under Oath' (September 4, 2008) The charges against Kilpatrick stemmed from an ...

Lawyers: No proof that former Detroit mayor sabotaged investigation of stripper's slayingLawyers for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick say dozens of interviews have failed to turn up any evidence he obstructed the investigation into the slaying of a stripper who was sprayed ...

Court filing claims Detroit stripper's shooting death resulted from ongoing drug feudAttorneys for the city of Detroit say the 2003 slaying of a stripper resulted from a drug feud and wasn't connected to a rumored wild party involving ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.The Detroit ...

Legacy of Detroit's Kilpatrick family likely ends with congresswoman's loss in primaryThey called it "Team Kilpatrick," a small army of family and friends dedicated to keeping a Detroit congresswoman and her brash, rising star son in office.As election cycles rolled around, team ...

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick's legal troubles could burden mother's re-election bid to CongressU.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick beamed as her son and rising political star, Kwame, vowed during his first ceremonial oath of office to faithfully serve the citizens of Detroit as their ...