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Judge Orders Detroit Political Figure to Live With His Mother DETROIT, MI (Associated Press) -
A Detroit political consultant facing two federal corruption trials is temporarily returning to his mother's home in Flint and must follow a 9 p.m. curfew.

A federal judge said Wednesday that Sam Riddle can remain free while he awaits trial, but he needs daily alcohol testing and a mental-health evaluation.

Riddle is in hot water after being charged in state court with assault. He's accused of pointing a shotgun at his companion, Mary Waters, at her Detroit home.

Waters says she's praying for Riddle. She says the gun was unloaded and was not aimed at her face.

Riddle goes to trial soon on bribery charges involving his former boss, Monica Conyers, who was on the Detroit City Council. He and Waters are co-defendants in a second case. © Copyright 2012, Associated Press