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By | fburns@mlive.com Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and departing President Donald Trump share some traits in common. Both left divided communities in their political wake, enlisting devout supporters who engaged in emotional faceoffs with disgusted opposition along the way. Kilpatrick, now 50 and one of Michigan’s most notorious taxpayer-funded convicted conmen, is set to be released from prison after serving seven years of his 28-year federal prison sentence. He was originally slated to live behind prison walls until age 67 with an earliest release date of Jan. 18, 2037. That changed when the Trump administration announced Kilpatrick’s sentence will...

The federal government is recommending that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s restitution in his corruption case be reduced from $4.5 million to $1.6 million. ... Kilpatrick was found guilty of tax evasion and bribery in 2013. He resigned as mayor in another scandal in 2008, and is currently in federal prison.

<p>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.</p> <p>Kilpatrick, who served as mayor from 2002 until fall 2008, fattened his bank account by tens of thousands of dollars, traveled the country in private planes and even strong-armed his campaign fundraiser for stacks of cash hidden in her bra, according to evidence at trial.</p>

“Detroit is America’s most violent city” “Detroit’s homicide rate is the highest in the country” “Detroit’s Police Department is grossly understaffed” these are the opening lines of a warning from the Motor City’s Police Union advising people that for their own safety they should stay away from Detroit. The declaration goes on to say that DPD officers are required to work 12 hour shifts, TWELEVE HOUR SHIFTS! Imagine how exhausting it would be to work at ANY job for 12 straight hours, finish up and look forward to coming back ½ a day later for 12 more hours! DPD cops...

Imprisoned ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was indicted Wednesday on new corruption charges, and his father, Bernard Kilpatrick, also was implicated in what a federal prosecutor called a "pattern of extortion, bribery and fraud" among some of the city's most prominent officials.

A judge has sentenced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to from one-and-a-half to five years in prison for violating the terms of his probation on an obstruction of justice conviction. Kilpatrick was led from the courtroom in handcuffs. Groner ruled last month that the 39-year-old Kilpatrick failed to report all of his assets and meet other conditions of his probation.

DETROIT -- A judge ruled Tuesday that former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated terms of his probation by failing to report some of his assets but held off deciding whether to send him to jail. Wayne County Circuit Court Judge David Groner ruled that Kilpatrick violated terms of his probation by failing to report some of his assets. He said Kilpatrick could remain free on bond pending his sentencing on May 20, but strongly suggested Kilpatrick may be headed to jail and ordered state corrections officials to prepare a pre-sentence report and submit it to the court. Prosecutors have said...

A Michigan judge on Wednesday ordered former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay more than $300,000 to taxpayers in the next three months to avoid returning to jail, including nearly a quarter million in loans from a trio of prominent businessman that he hadn't previously disclosed. The flamboyant former mayor has been in and out of court in recent months after being accused by local prosecutors of trying to avoid payment of $1 million in restitution he owes the city stemming from multiple felony convictions, including perjury. Mr. Kilpatrick, a former college football player who was known as the "hip...

While the Lions left long ago, it appears former employees have continued to sack the Pontiac Silverdome..(snip)..Kissick told the Press former employees have taken home leather couches, television sets, granite counter tops and more. He's under investigation too, he said, because he's reported such thefts in recent years. “They took tools, equipment furnishing, everything they could get their hands on. Then they went into the super suites and began dismantling them. Security called me and I told them I wasn’t there anymore and that they needed to call downtown.”

On warrant for ex-mayor Kilpatrick, Texas and Detroit officials play dodgeballBy DARREN BARBEE Posted on Thu, Jun. 11, 2009 The confusing saga of disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the unissued warrant for his arrest continues. Exactly who can issue a warrant for the Southlake resident is a thorny question. OfficialsÂ’ most common answer: Ask someone else. Michigan prosecutors demanded to know why a warrant wasnÂ’t issued after Kilpatrick failed to pay all of his $6,000 monthly restitution on time. They wanted to drag Texas authorities or officials with the Tarrant County Community Supervision and Corrections Department to a...

<p>Detroit (BY M.L. ELRICK and JOE SWICKARD, Detroit Free Press) - Less than three weeks after he left for Texas, Kwame Kilpatrick has made it clear he's not going quietly.</p> <p>For starters, the newest addition to the former Detroit mayor's stable of lawyers filed legal papers this week telling the Wayne County judge who ordered Kilpatrick to pay $6,000 a month in restitution that Kilpatrick could afford only $6.</p>

DETROIT -- Detroit City Council Member Kwame Kenyatta announced Saturday night he will run for mayor. ... "I want to bring a different type of perspective, a different type of spirit, a different type of connection that we haven't seen since the days of Coleman A. Young," he said.

DETROIT - Folding sheets, towels and other linen while in jail is a far cry from being the chief of staff of a big-city mayor. But former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's ex-aide and one-time lover testified Friday that she "eagerly participated" in the chores at the Wayne County Jail -- not to pass the time, but because she understood that jail officials would chop time off her sentence for obstruction of justice. Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny sided with Beatty, ordering her to be released on Monday instead of April 15. Kenny said jail officials were wrong to deny her a reduced...

Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has a new job, but it appears he's going to miss the first day of training. His lawyers on Thursday filed an emergency request seeking approval for him to travel to Dallas for training Friday morning. Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner said he'll hold a hearing - more than a week later, on Feb. 24. ... Kilpatrick, who was freed Feb. 3, needs to pay off $1 million in restitution to the city of Detroit. He had been hired by Covisint, a subsidiary of Detroit-based software company Compuware Corp., lawyer James Thomas told The Detroit...

WXYZ) It’s a question being asked all over town: who paid for that chartered jet to fly former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Texas shortly after he got out of jail yesterday? . . [SNIP] . . But now, Action News has confirmed it: the former mayor’s mother, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick says she paid for the charter flight. Told we were prepared to reveal it here on Action News, she issued this statement that says simply: “I was proud to pay for my son’s flight to begin a new life in Texas.” As we reported last night, last December the former...

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DETROIT (AP) -- A judge has sentenced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to 120 days in jail, nine months after a newspaper story about text messages ignited a scandal at City Hall. Wayne County Circuit Judge David Groner ordered the sentence Tuesday afternoon and noted Kilpatrick would not be given an opportunity for early release.

Fri September 12, 2008 Defending The Indefensible By Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald If Kwame Kilpatrick were white, don't you think he'd have been thrown out of office a long time ago? Heck, he'd be out of jail by now and shopping his memoirs. Instead, it was just last week, after a year of scandal and revelation that has paralyzed his city and made it the punchline to an international joke, that Detroit's mayor surrendered his office and copped a plea: 120 days in jail, five years probation and a $1 million fine. Because, you see, Kilpatrick is not...

Detroit, Mich. (Detroit Free Press) - A moving truck left the Manoogian Mansion at 4 p.m. today, just five days before Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to vacate the residence. The North American Van Lines vehicle pulled out of the driveway about a half hour before a black Cadillac Escalade left, followed by a black sedan. Immediately after, a black Chevrolet Impala parked in the mansion's driveway to block the entrance. Kilpatrick is expected to leave the premises when he officially steps down as mayor on Thursday. By CHRISTY ARBOSCELLO, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty to felony charges in Wayne County Circuit Court. He will be forced to resign immediately.