DETROIT'S MAYOR RELEASED ON $50,000 CASH BOND

8/8/08:MAYOR KWAME KILPATRICK WAS RELEASED FROM THE WAYNE CO. JAIL/36TH DISTRICT COURT ON $50,000 CASH BOND, NO 10%. OTHER CONDITIONS ON HIS RELEASE WAS TO WEAR A GPS/TETHER, AND ALL HIS WORK/PERSONAL TRAVEL PRIVILEGES WAS REVOKED. AFTER THAT JUDGEMENT WAS PASSED DOWN, MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE COX HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE WHERE HE STATED HE WAS FILING TWO COUNTS OF FELONIOUS ASSULT/OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE CHARGES AGAINST THE MAYOR OF DETROIT. THESE CHARGES STEM FROM AN ALTERCATION AT THE MAYOR'S SISTER'S HOUSE WHEN TWO WAYNE COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS WENT TO THE HOUSE TO SERVE A SUBPOENA ON OFFICIAL COURT BUSINESS. THE OFFICERS CLAIM THE MAYOR CURSED THEM FROM THE INSIDE THE HOUSE, CAME OUT ON THE PORCH YELLING, PUSHED ONE MALE OFFICER INTO HIS FEMALE CO-WORKER, CAUSING THEM TO FALL OF BALANCE OFF THE PORCH. THE MAYOR WAS VIDEO ARRAIGNED ON THOSE CHARGES TODAY SHORTLY AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND WAS ORDERED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL BOND 10% OF 75,000($7500 CASH). THE MAGISTRATE ALSO ORDERED THE MAYOR TO HAVE NO CONTACT WITH THE TWO WAYNE CO. SHERIFF OFFICERS.