Kwame Kilpatrick Found Guilty Of Racketeering – WJBK
The former mayor of the city of Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick has been found guilty of Racketeering.
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Kwame Kilpatrick, Bernard Kilpatrick and Bobby Ferguson are accused of taking bribes and kickbacks during Kwame Kilpatrick’s time as mayor of the city of Detroit.
A total of 38 charges range from mail fraud and tax evasion to racketeering and extortion.
Here’s a breakdown from court:
Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy – KWAME KILPATRICK – GUILTY
Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy – BOBBY FERGUSON – GUILTY
Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy – BERNARD KILPATRICK – NO DECISION REACHED
A conviction on racketeering charges could carry up to 20-years in prison.
The government said Kilpatrick abused the Civic Fund, a nonprofit fund he created to help distressed Detroit residents. There was evidence that it was used for yoga lessons, camps for his kids, golf clubs and travel.
Kilpatrick, 42, was elected in 2001 at age 31. He resigned in 2008 and pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a different scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair with his chief of staff.
The Democrat spent 14 months in prison for violating probation in that case after a judge said he failed to report assets that could be put toward his $1 million restitution to Detroit.
Voters booted his mother, Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, from Congress in 2010, partly because of a negative perception of her due to her son’s troubles.
The verdicts from the Kwame Kilpatrick federal corruption trial were read Monday morning. See them all below:
Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 1: Racketeering Conspiracy
BERNARD KILPATRICK
No verdict reached
Count 2: Extortion – Sewer Lining Contract
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 2: Extortion – Sewer Lining Contract
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 3: Extortion – Amendment to Sewer Lining Contract
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 3: Extortion – Amendment to Sewer Lining Contract
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 4: Extortion – Baby Creek/Patton Park
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 4: Extortion – Baby Creek/Patton Park
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 5: Attempted Extortion – Oakwood Pump Station
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 5: Attempted Extortion – Oakwood Pump Station
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 7: Extortion – Outfalls Contract
KWAME KILPATRICK
No consensus
Count 7: Extortion – Outfalls Contract
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 8: Extortion – Asbestos Abatement
KWAME KILPATRICK
No consensus
Count 8: Extortion – Asbestos Abatement
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 9: Extortion – Repair of Eastside Water Mains
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 9: Extortion – Repair of Eastside Water Mains
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 10: Extortion – Eastside Sewer Repair
KWAME KILPATRICK
NOT GUILTY
Count 10: Extortion – Eastside Sewer Repair
BOBBY FERGUSON
NOT GUILTY
Count 15: Attempted Extortion – Sludge Contract
BERNARD KILPATRICK
NOT GUILTY
Count 16: Bribery – $90,000 Bribe
KWAME KILPATRICK
No consensus
Count 16: Bribery – $90,000 Bribe
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 17: Bribery – $75,000 Bribe
BOBBY FERGUSON
GUILTY
Count 18: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 19: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 20: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 21: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 22: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 23: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 24: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 25: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 26: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 27: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
NOT GUILTY
Count 28: Mail Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 29: Wire Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
NOT GUILTY
Count 30: Wire Fraud
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 31: Subscribing False Tax Return
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 32: Subscribing False Tax Return
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 33: Subscribing False Tax Return
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 34: Subscribing False Tax Return
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 35: Subscribing False Tax Return
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 36: Income Tax Evasion
KWAME KILPATRICK
GUILTY
Count 37: Subscribing False Tax Return
BERNARD KILPATRICK
NOT GUILTY
Count 38: Subscribing False Tax Return
BERNARD KILPATRICK
GUILTY
