Witness: Stripper Claimed Mayor’s Wife Assaulted Her

DETROIT — A former employee for the Detroit Police Department, Joyce Carolyn Rogers, has sworn in an affidavit that she remembered exotic dancer Tamara Greene filing a police report claiming that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife, Carlita, had assaulted her during a party at the mayor’s residence. Rogers said in the

Dark Portrait of a “Painter of Light’

Thomas Kinkade is famous for his luminous landscapes and street scenes, those dreamy, deliberately inspirational images he says have brought “God’s light” into people’s lives, even as they have made him one of America’s most collected artists. A devout Christian who calls himself the “Painter of Light,” Kinkade trades heavily

Attorneys Say Rumored Manoogian Mansion Party Date Is Key To Investigation

New court documents point to Sept. 4, 2002 as the date of the rumored Manoogian Mansion party — vital to an ongoing investigation into missing city documents and former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s computer. http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/25913960/index.html

Kilpatrick ordered to testify about his emails

Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could help a federal judge decide whether to sanction the city for destroying or losing his computer, and consequently destroying e-mails that could be relevant to lawsuits. U.S. Magistrate R. Steven Whalen ordered Kilpatrick on Wednesday to testify at a hearing Monday about his missing computer

Kilpatrick to testify about missing laptop

Detroit— Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will testify Monday at a hearing in federal court that could help a judge decide whether to sanction the city over supposedly destroying his computer in 2008. In the meantime, the city will search its computer servers for any e-mails belonging to Kilpatrick’s former

Kilpatrick To Testify Monday About Missing Emails

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been ordered to testify Monday in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of murdered stripper Tamara Greene. The attorney for Greene’s family claims Kilpatrick covered up and hindered the investigation of her 2003 shooting death. A computer systems manager for the city of

Court orders Kwame Kilpatrick to explain missing computer

A federal magistrate judge today ordered ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to appear in court next week to answer questions about his missing computer, and whether or not he stored any emails on it. U.S. Magistrate R. Steven Whalen wants Kilpatrick to clarify whether he archived any emails on his computer, whose

Kwame Kilpatrick to testify Monday

Detroit— Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will testify Monday at a hearing in federal court that could help a judge decide whether to sanction the city over supposedly destroying his computer in 2008. In the meantime, the city will search its computer servers for any e-mails belonging to Kilpatrick’s former

Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could be back on the witness stand next week

Ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick may get a break from prison next week to appear at a hearing in federal court, where attorney Norman Yatooma wants to question him about his missing city computer. Kilpatrick’s computer is a sore subject for the City of Detroit, as a federal magistrate judge is considering

Lawyer wants Kilpatrick in court over missing city computer

Attorney Norman Yatooma wants to question ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick in court next week about the whereabouts of his computer, whose disappearance has put the city of Detroit in the legal hot seat. A federal magistrate judge currently is considering sanctioning the city for destroying or losing Kilpatrick’s computer and, consequently,

Kwame Kilpatrick may testify in missing computer case

Detroit — Former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could be called as a witness Wednesday at a hearing that could help a judge decide whether to sanction the city of Detroit for destroying his computer in 2008 Kilpatrick’s name was included today on a list of witnesses who might be called during

Bernard Kilpatrick Says He Is Ready To Fight

DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s father has been given a court-appointed attorney, even though he has not been charged with any crimes. However, Bernard Kilpatrick has been a target of federal investigators looking into alleged corruption in the city while his son was the mayor. Authorities have accused

Officer: Manoogian Party Never Happened

DETROIT – The rumored 2002 party at the Manoogian Mansion is taking center stage as a Detroit Police officer steps forward with his side of the story. The officer says the so-called party never happened. Was there or wasn’t there a party at the Manoogian Mansion on September 4, 2002?

Kwame Says He Left Computer For His Successor

DETROIT — A court document filed Tuesday morning by former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s legal team claims Kilpatrick left his computer behind for his successor, Ken Cockrel. Cockrel said this is news to him. “I don’t recall there even being a computer in the mayor’s personal office,” Cockrel said. Cockrel said

Boat records sought in slain stripper case

Detroit — A lawyer representing the family of slain stripper Tamara “Strawberry” Greene wants the city to turn over records that could prove whether city boats were used to ship strippers and guests to a rumored Manoogian Mansion party. Dozens of tipsters have claimed city boats were used to transport

Dig unearts Kilpatrick’s emails, court told

Detroit— The city has found some old e-mail messages belonging to ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and has preserved them, a city employee said in a court filing today. Terrence Sims, a Detroit employee who oversees the city’s e-mail system, recently supervised a search for Kilpatrick’s e-mail, according to an affidavit filed

Wild party may have used city boats, lawyer says

The lawyer for a slain stripper said to have danced at a wild party at the mayoral Manoogian Mansion says in court documents that city-owned boats may have been used to ferry guests to the bash. RBirmingham lawyer Norman Yatooma said in court papers filed late Tuesday that he has

Kilpatrick’s disappearing computer: ‘I never saw it,’ Cockrel says

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s computer seems to have slipped into the abyss. Kilpatrick said in an affidavit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Detroit that he gave the computer to Ken Cockrel Jr., his successor as mayor, when he resigned from office in 2008. But Cockrel said Tuesday:

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