By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle, who created drama by defying court gag orders and posting comments on Twitter and Facebook, was hit Wednesday with a 37 months federal sentence for bribery and extortion, the Detroit News reported. Riddle, 64, admitted bribing former Southfield City Councilman William Lattimore, tax evasion and extorting…
UPDATE: (Fri. May 21) — The battle between Richard Convertino and prosecutors came to an abrupt halt Thursday when Convertino’s client, ex-state Rep. Mary Waters pleaded guilty in the bribery case along with her co-defendant Sam Riddle. Waters, who pleaded to a misdemeanor, is expected to get probation and Riddle could get up to 37…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An ex-federal prosecutor turned defense attorney is accusing the FBI of improperly taping conversations of a Detroit journalist and fabricating documents by describing him as an “unknown male.”, according to the Detroit News. The defense attorney Richard Convertino, in a court filing on Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, claimed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Early last year newly minted Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. shook things up when he delivered a speech saying Americans were “cowards” when it came to race. “Though the nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be,…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The nail biting continues in Detroit where a federal jury on Wednesday is set to enter its sixth day of deliberations in the trial of Sam Riddle, an outspoken former city council aide accused of shaking down business people along with his ex-boss, Council member Monica Conyers, wife of Congressman John…
Sam Riddle/wdiv The political corruption probe continues to unravel in Detroit. The latest charges involve a free-talking political consultant Sam Riddle and ex-Detroit City council member Monica Conyers, wife of Congressman John Conyers. Riddle once worked as Monica Conyer’s chief of staff. By the way, this isn’t the end of the corruption charges in Detroit….
Yes, this is the scandal that keeps on giving. Paul Egan The Detroit News DETROIT — A paralegal at the U.S. Attorney’s Office is suspended after officials suspected she leaked confidential information to Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle while he was under criminal investigation, people familiar with the investigation said Monday. Wendolyn Greene, formerly Wendolyn…
