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Ex-Detroit mayor got free trips from pension fund broker, feds say updated: Wed May 09 2012 15:12:00

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former treasurer got more than $125,000 in free travel and entertainment from an investment firm that made $3 million handling city pension funds, federal regulators said Wednesday.

Ex-Detroit mayor Kilpatrick released from state prisonupdated: Tue Aug 02 2011 06:49:00

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick walked out of prison a free man Tuesday after serving just over 14 months of a 5-year sentence at a state facility in Jackson, Michigan.

Lawyer: Ex-Detroit mayor to be released from state prisonupdated: Fri Jun 24 2011 18:57:00

A Michigan parole board has voted to release Kwame Kilpatrick, the former Detroit mayor who was sent to state prison for violating probation related to a 2008 case against him, according to his lawyer.

Former Detroit mayor appears in court on new chargesupdated: Tue Jan 11 2011 11:09:00

Kwame Kilpatrick, the imprisoned former mayor of Detroit, pleaded not guilty to new charges of racketeering, extortion, bribery and filing false tax returns Monday, court officials said.

Ex-Detroit mayor going to prisonupdated: Thu Dec 16 2010 10:05:00

In May, a judge sentenced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to up to five years in prison for violating probation.

Former Detroit mayor facing extortion, bribery chargesupdated: Thu Dec 16 2010 10:05:00

A federal grand jury has indicted the imprisoned former mayor of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, on new charges including racketeering, extortion, bribery and filing false tax returns, authorities said.

Former Detroit mayor arraigned on 19 federal chargesupdated: Tue Jul 13 2010 15:04:00

Former Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was arraigned in federal court Tuesday on 19 counts of felony fraud and tax charges, a court official said.

Former Detroit mayor indicted on 19 fraud, tax chargesupdated: Wed Jun 23 2010 16:50:00

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was indicted Wednesday on 19 counts of federal fraud and tax charges, according to the U.S. attorney's office in the Eastern District of Michigan.

Former Detroit mayor sentenced to prisonupdated: Tue May 25 2010 16:10:00

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been sentenced to a maximum of five years behind bars for violating probation.

Kwame Kilpatrick expresses remorseupdated: Tue May 25 2010 16:10:00

Former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick apologizes for his wrongdoings at a court sentencing for violating his probation.

Ex-Detroit mayor Kilpatrick may be headed back to jailupdated: Tue Apr 20 2010 17:23:00

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated his probation by failing to report assets that could be used to pay restitution, a Wayne County, Michigan, judge ruled Tuesday. The judge delayed sentencing for 30 days.

Judge: Kwame Kilpatrick violated probationupdated: Tue Apr 20 2010 17:23:00

A Michigan judge rules former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick violated the terms of his probation.

Former Detroit mayor released from jailupdated: Tue Feb 03 2009 07:40:00

Embattled former Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from jail early Tuesday.

Ex-mayoral aide pleads guilty in Detroit scandalupdated: Mon Dec 01 2008 17:07:00

Christine Beatty, chief of staff for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from their text-messaging sex scandal case and will serve four months in jail, according to the Wayne County prosecutor's office.

Ex-Detroit mayor sentencedupdated: Tue Oct 28 2008 18:28:00

A judge sentences former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to 120 days in jail without early release.

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick sentenced to 4 monthsupdated: Tue Oct 28 2008 18:28:00

Calling him "arrogant and defiant," a Wayne County Circuit Judge on Tuesday sentenced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to four months in jail with no early release under the terms of a plea deal.

Detroit Mayor resignsupdated: Thu Sep 04 2008 20:23:00

In a plea bargain for sex scandal-related charges, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick resigns.

Detroit mayor resigns, vows 'comeback'updated: Thu Sep 04 2008 20:23:00

A defiant Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick addressed Detroit on Thursday night listing what he said the city had accomplished under his leadership just hours after announcing his resignation amid a sex and perjury scandal.

Time.com: Detroit Mayor Pleads Guilty; Resignsupdated: Thu Sep 04 2008 11:00:00

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to a pair of felony obstruction charges on Thursday in a sex-and-misconduct scandal and will step down

Detroit mayor will not plead guilty in text scandalupdated: Wed Sep 03 2008 18:21:00

Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will not plead guilty Wednesday in connection with his text message scandal, a representative for a Michigan prosecutor said, despite an earlier statement that said he would.

Judge gives go-ahead to hearing on ousting Detroit mayorupdated: Tue Sep 02 2008 12:30:00

A governor's hearing on whether to remove Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick from office can go ahead Wednesday, a Wayne County judge has ruled, denying Kilpatrick's request for a delay.

Time.com: Detroit Mayor Looks For Plea Dealupdated: Sun Aug 31 2008 12:00:00

Lawyers for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick have proposed a deal in which he would plead guilty to two felonies

Time.com: Detroit Mayor Rejects Plea Dealupdated: Fri Aug 22 2008 16:00:00

A prosecutor made a surprising offer Friday to Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: resign by Sept. 3 in exchange for the dismissal of one of two assault charges. But Kilpatrick rejected the deal

One judge overrules another -- mayor's groundedupdated: Thu Aug 14 2008 18:04:00

Hours after a judge told embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick he could remove his electronic tether and travel to the Democratic National Convention, another judge ordered him to put it back on and restricted him to three Michigan counties.

The day after jailupdated: Tue Aug 12 2008 18:03:00

After a night in jail, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick appears in court to ask a judge for his release.

Judge says Detroit mayor didn't violate bond, doesn't jail himupdated: Tue Aug 12 2008 18:03:00

The same judge who last week sent embattled Detroit, Michigan, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail for a night refused to jail him Tuesday.

Detroit mayor arraigned on new charges after night in jailupdated: Fri Aug 08 2008 16:58:00

New state felony charges were filed Friday against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, even as a judge, ruling in a previous case, said the mayor could leave jail under restrictions that include GPS tracking.

Time.com: Detroit Mayor Charged With Assaultupdated: Fri Aug 08 2008 07:00:00

Michigan's attorney general says he's bringing assault charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick after a physical confrontation with a detective trying to serve a subpoena

Detroit mayor arrives at jailupdated: Thu Aug 07 2008 20:37:00

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.

Detroit mayor ordered to jailupdated: Thu Aug 07 2008 20:37:00

A judge orders Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail citing an unauthorized trip to Canada while he was on bond.

Time.com: Detroit Mayor Ordered to Jailupdated: Thu Aug 07 2008 12:00:00

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court

Time.com: Detroit Mayor Sent Romantic Text Messagesupdated: Tue Jul 22 2008 18:30:00

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is charged with exchanging romantic text messages with multiple women in connection with his alleged affair with his former chief of staff.

Time.com: Detroit Moving Toward Mayor's Ousterupdated: Tue May 13 2008 14:00:00

The Detroit City Council has taken the first step toward removing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick over a scandal involving explicit text messages to his former aide

Not guilty pleas for Detroit mayor, ex-aide updated: Tue Mar 25 2008 22:56:00

Not guilty pleas were entered Tuesday for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff in a scandal in which they are accused of lying under oath about an affair.

Detroit mayor indictedupdated: Tue Mar 25 2008 22:56:00

Chris Lawrence reports on the indictment of Detroit's mayor in a case involving sex, steamy text messages and a coverup.

Time.com: Detroit Mayor, Aide Plead Not Guiltyupdated: Tue Mar 25 2008 17:00:00

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges they lied under oath about having an affair

Report: Mayor sent love textsupdated: Mon Mar 24 2008 21:20:00

CNN's Veronica De La Cruz reports on text messages allegedly exchanged between Detroit's mayor and his chief of staff.

Detroit mayor faces felony chargesupdated: Mon Mar 24 2008 21:20:00

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a former aide were charged Monday with perjury and obstruction of justice after prosecutors said sexually explicit text messages between the two contradicted their sworn court testimony.

Time.com: Texts, Lies and the Mayor of Detroitupdated: Mon Mar 24 2008 20:00:00

Kwame Kilpatrick isn't about to resign gracefully in the face of perjury charges. In fact, there's nothing graceful about the case

Time.com: Detroit Mayor Charged With Perjuryupdated: Mon Mar 24 2008 13:00:00

The Wayne County prosecutor said Monday she is bringing perjury and other charges against Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former top aide

Detroit mayor apologizes to supporters, says he will not resignupdated: Wed Jan 30 2008 23:08:00

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick offered an abject apology to his constituents Wednesday, but remained adamant that he would not resign following a newspaper report that he exchanged romantic text messages with his chief of staff.

Racy texts contradict testimony from Detroit mayor, aideupdated: Thu Jan 24 2008 18:27:00

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick exchanged romantic text messages with his chief of staff, a discovery that contradicts the pair's testimony in a police whistle-blower trial last summer, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Time.com: Can Kwame Kilpatrick Grow Up?updated: Thu Sep 20 2007 14:00:00

Even as Detroit embarks on a fragile recovery, its mayor remains a distraction and, to an increasing number of constituents, a liability

CNNMoney: Burger, fries and fast-food tax to go?updated: Mon May 09 2005 09:10:00

An additional tax on fast-food may be a distasteful idea for whopper-lovers but at least one major city in the Midwest is seriously considering such a proposal.

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