Judge rules Detroit mayor didn’t violate bond
August 12, 2008
Ed White (AP)
- A judge has ruled that Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick didn’t violate bond conditions in an assault case by visiting his sister, who is a potential witness for the prosecution.
Judge Ronald Giles agreed Tuesday with the mayor’s attorneys that a no-contact order didn’t include Ayanna Kilpatrick. The mayor spent time with his sister during the weekend.
Last week, Giles had sent the mayor to jail last week in a separate perjury case.
Giles had put the mayor in jail Thursday after learning he traveled to Windsor, Ontario, in July without notifying authorities, a condition of his bond in the perjury case. Kilpatrick was released Friday.
Mich. AG: Detroit mayor violated bail terms again
August 11, 2008
Ed White (AP)
- Michigan’s attorney general says Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated the terms of his bail in an assault case a day after his release from jail over a bail violation in another case.
Attorney General Mike Cox’s office filed a court motion Monday saying Kilpatrick violated a provision prohibiting him from having contact with his sister because she is listed as a witness in the assault case.
Kilpatrick attorney James Thomas says the magistrate clarified that order to allow the mayor to see his sister.
The assault charge filed Friday accuses Kilpatrick of shoving a detective. His lawyers deny the claim.
Kilpatrick spent Thursday night in jail after being accused of violating bail in a perjury case involving him and a former aide.
Giles was right to send Kilpatrick to jail, circuit judge rules, mayor to remain behind bars
August 8, 2008
M.L. ELRICK, Detroit Free Press
- Wayne County Circuit Judge Thomas Jackson just ruled that a lower court judge did not abuse his discretion in sending Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail, meaning the mayor will remain behind bars.
Jackson’s decision came moments after prosecutors arguing to keep Kilpatrick behind bars for violating his bond just told Jackson that Kilpatrick brazenly ignored restrictions on his travel, despite being given great leeway and prior warnings not to leave town without calling the court.
Michigan AG Cox to announce at 10 a.m. on Friday if he’ll file charges against Detroit mayor
August 7, 2008
Staff Writer, BlackPoliticsontheWeb.com
- In more bad news for Detroit’s Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox will announce at 10 a.m. on Friday whether or not he will file charges against him for an alleged assault that took place last month against a deputy attempting to deliver a subpeona. Kilpatrick has been accused of shoving a Wayne County Sheriff’s detective attempting to subpeona the mayor’s friend Bobby Ferguson.
Kilpatrick was jailed today for violating the terms of his bond. The Attorney General’s announcement will be made at Detroit’s New Center. It is expected that Kilpatrick will be charged with at least one felony.
Detroit mayor arrives at jail
August 7, 2008
CNN
- Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday after a judge found he had violated terms of his bond by taking an unauthorized trip to Canada last month.
Kilpatrick, who is facing felony charges of perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct of office, had been free on $75,000 bond.
Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans told reporters the mayor will be treated like any other high-profile inmate at the jail. Measures will be taken to ensure his security as well as that of other inmates at the facility, the sheriff added.
Kilpatrick will be held in a restricted area where no one except deputies will be allowed to have close contact with him, the sheriff said.
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