Detroit Strip Clubs: Monica Conyers gets 37 months for bribes, vows appeal
March 11, 2010 at 6:37 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsCohn, who said Conyers must also serve two years of probation after her release, said she does not have to report to prison before July 1, allowing her time “to get her affairs in order.”
Conyers, 45, admitted in June she took at least $6,000 in cash bribes in connection with her vote on the $1.2 billion contract the council awarded to Synagro Technologies Inc. of Texas in 2007. She had originally spoken out against the controversial deal, but her vote proved to be the deciding one as the contract passed 5-4.
‘Relevant conduct’ counted
Part of the controversy over her attempted plea withdrawal stemmed from Cohn’s comments that he would consider other “relevant conduct,” such as alleged shakedowns of a strip club, a technology company and a real estate developer with matters before the City Council or the General Retirement System, where Conyers sat as a trustee.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Angry Conyers vows to appeal 37-month sentence
March 10, 2010 at 11:49 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsConyers’ Detroit attorney, Steve Fishman, asked to withdraw from the case immediately after the sentencing hearing, saying Conyers may have appeal rights and he could be a witness at any appeal.
“This case is over for me,” Fishman said.
Conyers, 45, admitted in June she took at least $6,000 in cash bribes in connection with her vote on the $1.2 billion contract the council awarded to Synagro Technologies Inc. of Texas in 2007.
She had originally spoken out against the controversial deal, but her “yes” vote proved to be the deciding one as the contract passed 5-4.
Part of the controversy over the attempted plea withdrawal stemmed from Cohn’s comments that he would consider other “relevant conduct” such as alleged shakedowns of a strip club, a technology company and a real estate developer with matters before the City Council or the General Retirement System, where Conyers sat as a trustee.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Sexy ads should be censored
March 10, 2010 at 10:13 am | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsThen, last week, driving along Dougall Avenue near the train tracks, between Tecumseh and Eugenie streets, is a billboard for a rock station with a naked woman strategically covered with a guitar. Around the city is a similar ad with two naked men with strategic coconuts covering their body parts.
I understand businesses want their ads noticed but they have to understand there are children seeing these ads. This is not lighthearted humour. It is shock factor advertising to get the city talking, at the expense of our children’s innocence.
I am deeply offended that the advertising standards allow this and have filed a complaint there, too. I am disappointed the city can’t censor this type of advertising, like the strip club on Huron Church Road and their suggestive sign. What a wonderful impression Windsor must give the commuters who have to pass through our city regularly or for the first time.
See the full article from “Windsor Star”
Detroit Escorts: Man says women robbed him in Madison Heights motel
March 10, 2010 at 2:13 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsThe man, 27, told police he met the two women at the MGM Grand and they agreed to follow him in their car to the Econo Lodge motel, 32703 Stephenson Highway, south of 14 Mile.
“He went and got a room at the desk and said the two women went with him to the room,” said Madison Heights police Lt. Robert Anderson. “He asked them to join him in the shower and went into the bathroom to disrobe.”
But once in the bathroom, the man told police one of the women pulled a handgun.
“He said they took less than $200 from his wallet and tied him up,” Anderson said.
The two women reportedly fled in a blue Dodge Stratus.
Police said the man wriggled free after he was tied up and called the desk person who alerted police about 3:45 a.m.
“He claims they weren’t prostitutes because money was never discussed,” Anderson said.
Detroit Escorts: Man Robbed By Ladies He Met at Casino
March 10, 2010 at 2:13 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsAfter watch some television, the two twenty somethings convinced the victim to undress and jump in the shower.
“One of them, she (came) with me and she (said), ‘Open the water.’ I opened the water, and that other one, she said, ‘Can I enjoy, too,’” the victim said. “I (said), ‘Yeah, okay.’”
Now for the record scratch.
“She pulled a gun on me. They took my money. They took my Social Security number. They took my (driver’s) license, and they took my phone,” said the man.
He called 911 from a phone in the room. The suspects initially followed the victim to the motel in their blue Dodge Stratus, and it’s the same vehicle in which they left. They got about $200.
The victim says they were not prostitutes since money was never discussed.
Detroit Strip Clubs: 911 transcripts ordered in stripper case
March 9, 2010 at 1:49 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsLast Updated: March 09. 2010 7:32AM
911 transcripts ordered in stripper case
Paul Egan / The Detroit News
Detroit — A federal judge on Monday ordered the city of Detroit to hire a contractor to recover and transcribe 911 tapes from around the time of a rumored stripper party at the mayor’s Manoogian Mansion in the fall of 2002.
U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen gave the city 14 days to produce the transcripts, sought in connection with a lawsuit brought by the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara “Strawberry” Greene.
“It needs to get done,” Whalen said of producing the long-sought transcripts.
Greene was shot to death in Detroit on April 30, 2003. According to court records, Greene may have been assaulted at the rumored 2002 party by Carlita Kilpatrick, the wife of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Start cleaning up our billboard ads
March 9, 2010 at 1:49 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsOne would think that Windsor has enough problems with extremely high unemployment, numerous strip bars, escort services, murder, street muggings and the list goes on.
Recently, while driving east on Wyandotte Street near the Walker Road intersection, I couldn’t help but notice a large billboard advertising a local radio station. The images on the board were two nude radio personalities with coconuts strategically placed over their private parts.
I have never seen a billboard advertisement so disgusting on a city street anywhere. I’m wondering what kind of message is being conveyed to our children, tourists, future business leaders looking to perhaps invest when they drive by and see trash like this? If we, in Windsor, are serious about regaining long-term prosperity again, let’s start by, at least, cleaning up our billboard advertisements.
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Detroit Strip Clubs: Conyers’ sentencing date nears
March 9, 2010 at 1:48 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsU.S. District Judge Avern Cohn is to sentence Conyers on Wednesday after she pleaded guilty in June to bribery conspiracy, a five-year felony.
Conyers admitted to taking at least $6,000 in cash in connection with the $1.2 billion sludge contract the Detroit City Council awarded to Synagro Technologies Inc. in 2007, with Conyers casting the deciding vote.
But in a sentencing memorandum unsealed Monday, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Bullotta and Mark Chutkow said evidence at the trial of political consultant Sam Riddle, Conyers’ ex-chief of staff, showed her corruption went far beyond the Synagro deal.
Prosecutors estimated Conyers and Riddle extracted about $69,500 from Synagro, a technology company, a strip club consultant, a real estate developer and a Greektown businessman with matters before the City Council or a city pension fund where Conyers sat as a trustee.
Detroit Strip Clubs: Detroit’s desolate middle makes downsizing tough
March 9, 2010 at 1:48 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No CommentsShirlee thought about investing another $10,000 in his house. It wouldn’t make a difference. It’s appraised at $2,000.
“The city has gone nuts,” said Bertha Sieg, 69, who has lived on 15th Street for 42 years. “The city needs to start fixing up the neighborhoods and help homeowners who live here and get something done.”
Sieg said she doesn’t care how much the city would offer. She plans on dying in her home.
Lahser-Berg thrives
Closer to the border of Southfield, brick ranches are valued around $70,000. They began springing up in the 1950s in Lahser-Berg.
Two pillars of the neighborhood stand on Burt Road: McKenny, which opened in 1950, and Bethany-Pembroke Chapel. Neighbors organize to fight the sale of drugs at Henry Tuttle Park and problems that spill over from the Penthouse Club topless bar on Eight Mile.
Detroit Escorts: Start cleaning up our billboard ads
March 9, 2010 at 8:13 am | In Detroit escorts | No CommentsOne would think that Windsor has enough problems with extremely high unemployment, numerous strip bars, escort services, murder, street muggings and the list goes on.
Recently, while driving east on Wyandotte Street near the Walker Road intersection, I couldn’t help but notice a large billboard advertising a local radio station. The images on the board were two nude radio personalities with coconuts strategically placed over their private parts.
I have never seen a billboard advertisement so disgusting on a city street anywhere. I’m wondering what kind of message is being conveyed to our children, tourists, future business leaders looking to perhaps invest when they drive by and see trash like this? If we, in Windsor, are serious about regaining long-term prosperity again, let’s start by, at least, cleaning up our billboard advertisements.
See the full article from “Windsor Star”
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