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Ex-Mayor, Others Arraigned In Federal Court
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father, Bernard, and three other men have been arraigned on federal pay-to-play charges. The Kilpatricks, former Detroit water boss Victor Mercado,...
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Kilpatrick Aid Pleads Guilty In Federal Corruption Case
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A former aide to ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has pleaded guilty to criminal charges and agreed to cooperate as prosecutors take his old boss to trial next year. Prosecutors...
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WWJ Exclusive: Vickie Thomas ‘Sit Down’ With Kwame Kilpatrick
DETROIT (WWJ) – It’s a story heard exclusively on WWJ. Listen to the full interview below. On the same day former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returned to the city he once led, he learned one of his...
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WWJ Exclusive: One-On-One With Attorney For Ex-Kilpatrick Aide
DETROIT (WWJ) – After his client copped a plea in the Detroit City Hall corruption scandal, WWJ’s City Beat Reporter Vickie Thomas sat down to talk exclusively with the attorney for ex-mayor...
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Pre-Trial Conference In Detroit Corruption Case
DETROIT (WWJ) - Attorneys for former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and other defendants in a City Hall corruption case Monday met with prosecutors and federal judge Nancy Edmunds. Kilpatrick and the...
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Ex-Pal Says Kilpatrick Took $10K Bribe In Restaurant Bathroom
DETROIT (AP/WWJ) — A former aide to Kwame Kilpatrick ended the first leg of his testimony Thursday by saying he delivered a $10,000 bribe to the then-Detroit mayor in a restaurant bathroom. Derrick...
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Kwame Kilpatrick Federal Corruption Trial Week In Review
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is charged with fraud, bribery, tax crimes and racketeering conspiracy. His father, Bernard Kilpatrick and Detroit contractor Bobby Ferguson are also on trial in...
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Pension Official Says He Bribed Detroit Treasurer
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Federal authorities say an executive overseeing $200 million in real estate investments by Detroit’s municipal pension has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe the city treasurer to...
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Staffer Of Ex-Detroit City Councilwoman Pleads Guilty To Taking Bribes
DETROIT (WWJ) - The former chief of staff of a Detroit pension fund trustee has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes as part of the federal government’s long-running corruption investigation in the city....
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Feds Urge 40-Month Sentence For Kilpatrick Aide
DETROIT (AP) - Prosecutors are recommending a 40-month prison sentence for a man who grew up with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, worked in his inner circle and became an important witness at...
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No Prison Time For Kwame Kilpatrick’s Right-Hand Man
DETROIT (AP/WWJ) - A high school pal whose testimony helped convict former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of corruption was sentenced Thursday to a year in a halfway house, a major break as a reward...
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Watch Michigan Matters: Former Kwame Kilpatrick Aide, Derrick Miller
This week on Michigan Matters, in his first and only extended interview, Carol Cain talks with former Kwame Kilpatrick aide Derrick Miller who was recently sentenced to 12 months in a halfway house for...
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Ex-Mayor’s Crony Gets 100 Years To Pay Back Debt Connected To Kickbacks, Tax...
DETROIT (WWJ) – A longtime friend of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has been given 100 years to repay thousands in back taxes to the IRS. Judge Nancy Edmunds ordered Derrick Miller to pay $200 a...
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Derrick Miller Breaks His Silence: Talks Of Kilpatrick, Ferguson, His Own Role
CBS DETROIT - Derrick Miller, the star witness who helped the government bring down former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his scandalous administration, breaks his silence and talks exclusively to Carol...
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