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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Conyers to be sentenced Dec. 1
2009-10-29
Former Detroit City Council President Monica Conyers will be sentenced Dec. 1 on a felony bribery charge, a federal judge ordered Tuesday.
That's the little woman, not the John, who's probably in line for a suspended sentence...
Conyers, 44, could face prison, though her Detroit attorney, Steve Fishman, said he will ask U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn for probation.
And likely get it. Not that the fix is in or anything...
Conyers, who remains free on bond, pleaded guilty June 26 to taking bribes in connection with the $1.2 billion Synagro Technologies Inc. sewage sludge contract the Detroit City Council awarded in 2007, with Conyers casting the deciding vote.
She admitted taking at least $6,000 in cash stuffed in envelopes sent by Detroit businessman Rayford W. Jackson, who was the local partner to Synagro, a Texas company.
She admitted taking at least $6,000 in cash stuffed in envelopes sent by Detroit businessman Rayford W. Jackson, who was the local partner to Synagro, a Texas company. A McDonald's parking lot and the Butzel Family Center in Detroit were among the locations where Conyers received cash deliveries, according to court documents.

In her plea agreement, Conyers also admitted taking unspecified bribes in her role as a trustee of Detroit's General Retirement System.

In July, Conyers said on her TV show that she chose her words carefully because "I don't want to go to jail." Since her plea and the end of her TV show, she has not made a public statement.

Conyers is the wife of U.S. Rep. John Conyers, D-Detroit, who chairs the House Judiciary Committee.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Hopefully the other one is next.
Posted by: DMFD   2009-10-29 18:10  

#3  and easy
Posted by: Frank G   2009-10-29 16:39  

#2  Only $6K? She's cheap.....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-10-29 14:48  

#1  Words fail.
Posted by: Woozle Uneter9007   2009-10-29 14:29  

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