DETROIT — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who was convicted in 2008 for obstruction of justice, will spend this weekend in prison for 14 parole violations, a state corrections spokesman said Friday.
Kilpatrick is to report to the Detroit Reentry Center Friday afternoon and will be released from custody early Monday, Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said.
The ex-mayor still owes Detroit $855,000 in restitution and is required to report gifts and other income as a condition of his parole, something officials say he has failed to do on a number of occasions.
The state alleges that Kilpatrick failed to report money transfers to his wife, Carlita, in September, October and November, and that he did not disclose a complete account of his monthly household expenditures and income for those months.
Kilpatrick agreed to waive the formal process for these parole violations and instead serve three days at a Detroit lockup as punishment, Marlan said.
Corrections officials earlier this month told Kilpatrick to give up the names of people who wired him $4,000 that he failed to disclose to the state. He was fitted with an electronic tether at the time for not disclosing money sent in December from a Chicago pastor. Officials have expressed concern that Kilpatrick is hiding assets that could be applied toward the restitution he owes.
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