BY: Katelyn Caralle
August 3, 2017 11:26 am
Half of the eight candidates running in the primary for mayor of Detroit, Mich. next week have been convicted of felony crimes.
Three of the candidates were charged with gun crimes and two for assault with the intent to commit murder, according to the Detroit News.
The earliest offense took place in 1977, and the most recent was in 2008.
One of the candidates, Donna Marie Pitts, 58, a first-time contender for mayor, was convicted of receiving and concealing a stolen 1977 Oldsmobile. Ten years later, she was charged with two counts of assault with intent to murder and two firearm offenses in connection with two separate shooting incidents.
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