Detroit Strip Clubs: Detroit political consultant Sam Riddle and former state lawmaker …
July 15, 2009 at 9:36 pm | In Detroit strip clubs | No Comments… AP) — A federal grand jury indicted a political consultant Wednesday on corruption charges, accusing him of working hand-in-hand with a Detroit City Council member to shake down businesses for bribes in exchange for favors.
The charges against Sam Riddle came less than three weeks after his former boss, Monica Conyers, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from a sludge hauler and quit the council, the third conviction in the case.
BONUS COVERAGE: Click here to read copies of the indictments against William Lattimore, Sam Riddle by himself, and Riddle and Mary Waters together.
The charges in the corruption probe so far have focused mostly on that $47 million-a-year deal between the city and a Houston company. But the indictment against Riddle describes other pay-to-play schemes involving a strip club, a technology company, a restaurant and more.
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