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| State Police investigate alleged assault by Detroit mayor |
| 2008-07-26 |
| Michigan State Police troopers are investigating a possible assault by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on a deputy accompanying an investigator for the Wayne County prosecutor Thursday at the home of the mayor's sister, Sheriff Warren Evans said. Evans said the 6-foot-4 mayor, a former star football player at Florida A&M University, allegedly pushed a sheriff's deputy and knocked him into the female investigator, who was working for Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. The officers were attempting to serve a subpoena on Bobby Ferguson, a city contractor and close friend of Kilpatrick. The mayor's sister, Ayanna Kilpatrick, is married to Daniel Ferguson, a cousin of Bobby Ferguson. Evans said the officers were cleared to go up to the house by members of the mayor's executive protection unit. He said his deputy was armed and he believes he made a wise decision in leaving the property with the investigator before the incident could escalate further. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 If Issac Hull was alive I'd give the joint back. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-07-26 12:47 |
| #1 Birds of a feather.... Demolition man Bobby Ferguson Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Tuesday she would demand that jailed mayoral pal Bobby Ferguson, a Detroit contractor, make up hours he should have served in custody as part of his work release in the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl. Ferguson, a close friend of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, is serving 10 months for pistol-whipping one of his employees last year. Under an Oct. 7 sentencing agreement, he was supposed to be locked up from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. six days a week and for 24 hours on Sundays, Worthy said. Instead, Ferguson, 37, was allowed to stay out of the Wayne County Jail until 1 a.m. for more than two weeks to fulfill a city demolition contract before the Feb. 5 Super Bowl. Wayne County Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow approved the amended sentence on Jan. 19, to run from Jan. 23 to Feb. 6. Morrow explained Tuesday that Ferguson's company, Ferguson Enterprises, received a contract to tear down the old Motown headquarters and a smaller adjacent building at Woodward and I-75. The work began in late January. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-07-26 09:02 |