DETROIT (AP) -- Federal prosecutors have charged a member of the Southfield City Council with accepting a $7,500 bribe.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Cares says in a criminal complaint dated Thursday that William Lattimore accepted the money on or about Aug. 1, 2007. The complaint doesn't offer any details on the charge or who else may have been involved.
Lattimore previously told the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News that he was a witness in a federal probe involving former state Rep. Mary Waters and Sam Riddle, the Detroit Democrat's former campaign manager.
Messages seeking comment on the charge were left with Lattimore, his attorney Arlene Woods, Waters and Riddle.