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Kilpatrick-arrested

By Anslem Samuel | Published December 18, 2010 | Full size is 500 × 320 pixels

OCTOBER 28, 2008: Officially resigning as Mayor of Detroit on September 17, Kilpatrick received a sentence of four months as part of his plea deal in the text scandal. The disgraced Mayor was released 99 days later on February 3, 2009, boarding a privately chartered Lear jet headed to Dallas, TX. A few weeks later it was announced that Kilpatrick had secured a position with Covisint, a Texas subsidiary of Compuware, which has headquarters in Detroit. Compuware CEO Peter Karmanos, Jr. had a history of loaning large sums of money to Kilpatrick in late 2008.

OCTOBER 28, 2008: Officially resigning as Mayor of Detroit on September 17, Kilpatrick received a…

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