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Detroit
City
Council
seeking
police
help to
find
missing
supplies
By HB
Meeks/Tell
Us
Detroit
DETROIT
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Council
President
Ken
Cockrel
has
asked
DPD to
look
into the
more
than
$21,000
worth of
city-owned
computers
and
office
supplies
gone
missing
from the
vacated
office
of
ex-council
member
and
convicted
felon
Monica
Conyers.
The
Detroit
Free
Press
reports
that
Cockrel,
on
Friday
asked
law
enforcement
to look
into the
missing
supplies.
Cockrel
has yet
to file
a formal
complaint.
Cockrel
says
Conyers,
who
resigned
from
council
after
pleading
guilty
in June
to a
federal
bribery
charge,
has not
cooperated
with the
council's
efforts
to
account
for the
equipment.
A letter
was sent
to
Conyers
dated
July 23,
detailing
29
items,
valued
around
$21,300,
which
were
missing
from her
council
offices.
He asked
her to
arrange
for the
items –
including,
desktop
computers,
printers,
a
camcorder;
and two
digital
cameras
– to be
returned,
or “the
items
will be
deemed
stolen
property
and I
will
forward
this
documentation
to the
Detroit
Police
Department
and the
Wayne
County
Prosecutor’s
Office."
Conyers'
lawyer
Steve
Fishman
has said
Conyers
didn't
take any
property
or
authorize
anyone
else to
do so.
Detroit
police
spokesman
John
Roach
confirmed
the
department
received
the
inventory
package
from
Cockrel’s
office,
but said
Cockrel
had not
filed a
formal
complaint.
“We’ll
take a
look at
it and
determine
the best
course
of
action,”
Roach
said.
Maria
Miller,
spokeswoman
for
Wayne
County
Prosecutor
Kym
Worthy,
said the
prosecutor’s
office
will
only act
if
police
request
a
warrant
following
their
investigation.
Coit
Ford,
III,
aide for
Cockrel
said,
"They
will
file a
formal
complaint
once
police
determine
whether
a
criminal
or civil
complaint
should
be
filed."
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