Detroit mayor jailed again
From Sunshine Review
8 August 2008
Detroit Mayer Kwame Kilpatrick faced more felony accounts after the Michigan Attorney General charged him with assaulting or objstructing an officer who was serving him a subpoena.
This was immediately after Kilpatrick spent Thursday night in a one-man jail cell with no TV for violating his bond in a criminal perjury case by traveling to Winsor without alerting the court. In order to get out of jail, Kilpatrick must pay a $50,000 cash bond and wear an electronic tether. He won't be allowed to travel.[1]
[edit] Offenses leading to the arrest
On March 24, 2008, Kilpatrick was charged with eight felony counts, including perjury, misconduct in office, and obstruction of justice. If found guilty of felony perjury, Kilpatrick would be disbarred and could be jailed for up to 15 years per count. He would also lose his mayoralty. The recent controversies have prompted calls for his resignation, an ethics probe, and a recall election campaign to have Kilpatrick removed from office.
On May 13, 2008, the Detroit City Council approved a resolution to request that Michigan's governor, Jennifer Granholm, remove Kwame Kilpatrick from office.
On August 7, 2008, Mayor Kilpatrick was incarcerated in the Wayne County Jail upon an order issued by Judge Ronald Giles for violating the terms of his bond (by traveling to Canada and failing to notify the court)[2], becoming the first mayor in Detroit's history to be ordered to jail while in office.
[edit] References
- ↑ Yahoo News, Detroit mayor charged with 2 felony assault counts, August 8, 2008
- ↑ Elrick, M.L. and Joe Swickard. "Kilpatrick will spend night in jail", Detroit Free Press, August 7, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-08-08.
