DETROIT, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A judge Thursday ordered embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick jailed for violating the terms of his bond by traveling to Canada on city business.
"At the beginning of this case you were given every privilege that could be given to you with regard to travel," District Court Judge Robert Giles said, adding that he later imposed restrictions after learning Kilpatrick had been abusing his privileges.
Kilpatrick apologized to Giles Thursday for traveling to neighboring Windsor, Ontario, without notifying the court.
"I apologize to the citizens as well, but mostly to you," Kilpatrick said. "It was never an affront to you," he said of the trip.
Assistant county Prosecutor Robert Moran said the mayor's pleas rang hollow.
"Now that he's caught, he's taking responsibility ... he thought he got away with it," Moran told the Detroit Free Press.
Court officials said Kilpatrick would remain in jail either until he posted $75,000 bond or his lawyers persuaded a Circuit Court judge to overturn Giles' decision.
The legal proceedings against Kilpatrick stem from eight felonies filed against him in March, ranging from conspiracy and perjury to misconduct in office and obstruction of justice.
His incarceration left no clear line of authority in who was running Detroit because the city's deputy mayor slot was vacant, the Free Press said.
