Two sentencing hearings that had been scheduled for today in a wide-ranging federal investigation into local political corruption have been postponed for undisclosed reasons.

Former Southfield City Councilman William Lattimore was scheduled to appear before U.S. District Judge Marianne Battani for sentencing on a bribery-related charge.

He pleaded guilty to taking $7,500 from political consultant Sam Riddle  and former state Rep. Mary Waters in August 2007 to help Zeidman’s Jewelry & Loan relocate and expand.

His new sentencing date is June 22.

Former Detroit cop and ex-mayoral bodyguard Jerry Rivers also was scheduled to be sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen. Rivers’ new sentencing date is April 27.

Rivers pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery for working with others to collect a $50,000 bribe to ensure that the Detroit City Council approved the $3.5-million sale of the city-owned Camp Brighton in Livingston County to the Chaldean Catholic Church.

He named his friends, Kandia and DeDan Milton — both appointees of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick  – as coconspirators in the Camp Brighton deal.

The Miltons, who are brothers, also have since pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.

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