PUBLIC CORRUPTION TALLY C Monica Conyers, former City Council President Pro Temp and Trustee of the City’s General Retirement System, pled guilty to a bribery conspiracy and was sentenced to 37 months. C Rayford Jackson, former consultant to Synagro Technologies (an environmental technology company from Houston), pled guilty to bribing Councilwoman Conyers and was sentenced to 5 years in prison. C James Rosendall, former President of Synagro of Michigan, pled guilty to a bribery conspiracy and was sentenced to 11 months. C Samuel L. Riddle, Jr., was sentenced to 37 months for his role in conspiring to bribe Southfield City Councilman William Lattimore in connection with the Southfield City Council's approval of the relocation of a pawn shop and other related offenses. In addition, Riddle was sentenced on charges that he conspired with Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers to extort money from individuals having business before the Detroit City Council and the Board of Trustees of the General Retirement System. C Mary Waters was sentenced to one-year probation for her role in the Southfield conspiracy. C William Lattimore, a former member of the Southfield City Council, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today based on his conviction for bribery C DeDan C. Milton, former Executive Assistant to the former Mayor of Detroit, pleaded guilty to participating in a bribery scheme. According to the charges in the indictment, facts stipulated in the written plea agreement, and other court documents, in 2006 and 2007, in exchange for $50,000, DeDan Milton, Kandia Milton (the Liaison to City Council for the former Mayor) and Jerry Rivers (a former police officer) assisted a non-profit entity in purchasing property from the City of Detroit – namely, a 160-acre campsite in Livingston County called Camp Brighton/Detroit Recreation Camp. DeDan and Kandia Milton used their positions in the city administration to move forward consideration of the sale of Camp Brighton to the Non-Profit Entity for $3.5 million. After the sale closed, the $50,000 payment from the Non-Profit Entity was divided roughly as follows: $10,000 to DeDan Milton; $20,000 to Kandia Milton; and $20,000 to Rivers. DeDan Milton was sentenced to 37 months, Kandia Milton was sentenced to 14 months and Rivers received 12 months and a day. C Glenn Blanton, former Director of Cobo Hall Civic Center (Detroit’s municipal convention center), pled guilty to obstruction of justice in connection with his receipt of bribes, cooperated with the government, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. C Lou Pavledes, former Director of Cobo Hall Civic Center, pled guilty to structuring his receipt of bribe payments to evade currency reporting requirements, cooperated with the government, and was sentenced to 14 months. C Karl Kado, President of Metro Services Organization, a municipal contractor, pled guilty to evading taxes associated with moneys used to bribe public officials, cooperated with the government, and was sentenced to probation. C Derrick Miller, former Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Detroit, pleaded guilty to corruption and tax offenses. Awaiting sentencing. C Emma Bell, a former fundraiser for Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty to two counts of tax evasion. She is awaiting sentencing. C Shakib Deria C John Clark C Charlie Golden C Jon Rutherford C Judy Bugaski C Sherry Washington, et. al.- Program Fraud of $3.32 million from DPS . Eight convictions, including art gallery owner Washington, who is serving an 84-month sentence, and former DPS Risk Manager Stephen Hill, who is serving a 60-month sentence. C Kim Mosby Colbert - Program Fraud of DPD; pled guilty to falsifying timesheets to fraudulently obtain $30,000 for overtime she did not work. Awaiting sentencing. C Sandra Campbell, et. al.- Program Fraud of DPS, $500,000. Vendor who submitted fraudulent invoices for supplemental teaching materials never provided to the schools. Awaiting trial. C Bobby Ferguson, et. al.- Fraud upon US, etc. -awaiting re-trial. C Victor Mercado, former Director of the City of Detroit Water and Sewerage Department has pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with one count of conspiracy related to the ongoing public corruption trial of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father Bernard Kilpatrick and long time friend Bobby Ferguson. .
Details
-
File Typepdf
-
Upload Time-
-
Content LanguagesEnglish
-
Upload UserAnonymous/Not logged-in
-
File Pages2 Page
-
File Size-