(AP) -- DETROIT - A Detroit political consultant facing two corruption trials in federal court has been sent to jail in a different case after violating a no-contact order involving his former girlfriend.
A Wayne County judge put Sam Riddle in custody Tuesday for at least a few days. On Friday, the judge will consider a request to lift a ban on any contact between Riddle and Mary Waters.
Riddle is charged in state court with assault. He's accused of pointing a shotgun at Waters in December after she found him with another woman.
Riddle has worked for former Flint Mayor Don Williamson and also has advised Tamarla Owens, the mother of the boy who fatally shot a first-grade classmate in the Beecher School District.
Separately, Riddle and Waters are co-defendants in a corruption case that goes to trial on June 1.
Wayne County Judge Gregory Bill says a phone call between Riddle and Waters violated the conditions of his bond.
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