Detroit Mayor to plead guilty; 2 felonies, will resign

[Midnight Mike]

Mayor to speak at 7 p.m.

After pleading guilty, he'll leave office, serve 120 days in jail, repay $1 million, surrender law license

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...WS01/309050001

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty, ending a nearly eight-month drama that has transfixed the region, paralyzed much of city business and halted a political career that once held such promise.

[PhilDernerJr]

Link doesn't work. What did he confess to?

[moose135]

Link doesn't work. What did he confess to?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/09/04/detroit.mayor/


DETROIT, Michigan (CNN) -- Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty Thursday to charges resulting from a sex scandal and submitted his resignation to the governor -- effective in two weeks...

He was accused of blocking a criminal investigation into his office and firing a police deputy to cover up an extramarital affair and other possible illicit activities...

The mayor's troubles first became public in January when the Detroit Free Press reported he had exchanged romantic text messages with his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, indicating the two were involved in an affair. In testimony in a whistle-blower trial last summer, the pair, under oath, denied any romantic attachment.

[Midnight Mike]

Link doesn't work. What did he confess to?


http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti ... /309050001 (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/NEWS01/309050001)

[Matt Molnar]

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/NEWS01/309050001
Me thinks that photog needs a sensor cleaning! Too bad, those are interestingly composed shots for a news story.