Detroit demolition program (file photo)
Detroit demolition program (File photo)
Questions continue to be raised about Detroit's ambitious demolition program.
Kat Stafford of the Detroit Free Press reports:
Federal agents are now investigating who was involved in an alleged scheme where a Chicago-based company tore down homes in Detroit and hid the debris under layers of dirt, sources familiar with the probe told the Free Press.
Agents questioned some McDonagh Demolition Inc. workers about whether they'd ever seen "payoffs" or shoddy work happening under the Detroit demolition program, during visits earlier this month at their homes, sources told the newspaper.
One former employee told the Free Press he never witnessed any sort of bribery but that he was directed by a McDonagh supervisor to place demolition debris in multiple holes.
Related coverage:
LeDuff: Did They Poison the City? Feds Drop New Raft Of Subpoenas on Detroit Demo, Jan. 27
