Sam Riddle convicted in assault case
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Sam Riddle was convicted this afternoon by a Wayne County Circuit Court jury that deliberated 3 hours and 15 minutes.
Jurors found Riddle guilty of felonious assault. He faces a mandatory two years in prison for the gun charge.
Judge Gregory Bill rejected a prosecution request that Riddle be immediately jailed. Instead, the judge is allowing Riddle to remain free until the May 26 sentencing. Riddle is banned from having alcohol, and the judge warned any violations would result in immediate jailing.
Riddle said, “This changes everything about my approach to all my federal cases.”
Well he's making the rounds before he turns himself in...
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Posted: May 25, 2010
Riddle may be off to jail today
Move could settle all his legal troubles
BY BEN SCHMITT
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Sam Riddle is expected to turn himself in to federal authorities today to begin his jail sentence before his Aug. 17 sentencing date, his lawyer said Monday.
The move also could help Riddle, a political consultant, settle all his legal troubles, because he likely would serve his state prison time on a separate felonious assault and weapons conviction concurrently with his new federal conviction, Riddle's lawyer John McManus said.
Riddle, in a rare instance, declined comment Monday.
If Riddle seeks to have his federal bond canceled today, he can immediately begin a federal sentence, which is capped at 37 months under a plea deal. But he'll have to turn himself in before Wednesday, when Wayne County Circuit Judge Gregory Bill is scheduled to sentence him on the state charges.
Riddle's plea deal in federal court recommends that all his sentences run concurrently.
Last week, Riddle, 63, admitted to a bribery and extortion scheme involving former Southfield Councilman William Lattimore, who already has pleaded guilty to taking $7,500 from Riddle and former state Rep. Mary Waters in August 2007 to help Zeidman's Jewelry & Loan relocate and expand in Southfield.
Waters, 54, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of filing a false tax return, and prosecutors will recommend no prison time when she is sentenced Aug. 17.
Contact BEN SCHMITT: 313-223-4296 or bcschmitt@freepress.com