Beleaguered former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was hit with an additional federal charge this week, as federal prosecutors allege that he and his friend Bobby Ferguson extorted a city towing contractor for around $90,000.On Wednesday, Kilpatrick and Ferguson were slapped with an additional charge of extortion for putting pressure on a local towing company that had a number of contracts with the Detroit Police Department — contracts that Kilpatrick, as mayor, was in charge of overseeing.
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