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Detroit City Council Woman Pleads Guilty on Bribery Charges

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Created 06/26/2009 - 10:20

Detroit City Council Woman Pleads Guilty on Bribery Charges

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  • By: The Buzz [1] | Posted: June 26, 2009
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From the Detroit Free Press:

"Detroit City Council President Pro Tem Monica Conyers pleaded guilty this morning to conspiring to commit bribery and is free on personal bond. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn said, "The defendant now stands convicted."

The one count of conspiring to commit bribery is punishable for up to five years in prison.

No sentencing date has been set and it is not immediately clear if the plea deal requires Conyers to cooperate with the feds in the ongoing probe of city corruption.

Conyers, the wife of powerful Democratic congressman U.S. Rep. John Conyers, appeared before Cohn to answer charges in connection with the wide-ranging probe of wrongdoing at Detroit city hall."

Read the full article here [12].

Dave Bing, you have your work cut out for you sir.

 

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