Detroit mayor thrown in jail after bond violation (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 08/07/2008 - 9:22pm

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, and Christine Beatty, the mayor's former Chief of Staff attend a hearing in 36th District Court Aug. 7, 2008 in Detroit, Mich.<br /><br />Kilpatrick has been ordered to the county jail after a judge found the mayor violated the terms of his bond by going to Canada and not informing the court.<br /><br />Kilpatrick and Beatty are charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice. They are accused of lying about having an intimate relationship and their roles in the firing of a police official.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Bryan Mitchell)AP - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment.



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