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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick welcomes fans, athletes, and members of the media and to the city of Detroit and the State of Michigan for Super Bowl XL in Detroit on January 30, 2006. Kilpatrick is on trial on federal racketeering charges in U.S. District Court in Detroit. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt)
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick welcomes fans, athletes, and members of the media and to the city of Detroit and the State of Michigan for Super Bowl XL in Detroit on January 30, 2006. Kilpatrick is on trial on federal racketeering charges in U.S. District Court in Detroit. (UPI Photo/Terry Schmitt) 
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Published: Nov. 29, 2012 at 2:09 PM

DETROIT, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Embattled former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said he foiled a burglary by shouting at a thief who then asked him for a picture.

Kilpatrick, who is on trial for federal racketeering charges in U.S. District Court, posted to his Twitter account Wednesday that he saw a man breaking into a home on the street where his mother, former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, lives, The Detroit News reported Thursday.

Kilpatrick said he yelled at the man to "get out there," and the thief recognized him.

"Damn, OK Kwame," Kilpatrick quoted the thief as saying.

"Then he asked me for a picture. Wow!" Kilpatrick tweeted.

Kilpatrick said he did not turn the man in to police.

"No Way! The police would book me for sure," he posted.

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