The Underwear Bomber and Ex-Mayor Indicted; Detroit U.S. Atty. Barbara McQuade Has Had a Busy 1st Year

U.S. Attorney McQuade
By TRESA BALDAS
Free Press Staff Writer

DETROIT — A man suspected of trying to blow up a plane with a bomb in his underwear. A former mayor accused of turning city hall into a mob-like racket. And a man facing the death penalty.

Pretty hairy for her first year on the job.

But U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade took it all in stride, finishing the year with one of the biggest indictments in Detroit history: busting the alleged Kilpatrick Enterprise.

On Wednesday, culminating a six-year investigation, federal prosecutors charged ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father and three associates with shaking down city contractors to steer millions in public funds into their own pockets.

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