Texts show acting Detroit police chief had affair with ex-chief’s girlfriend, a subordinate

Steamy texts tie top Detroit cop to subordinate

DETROIT, Mich. — Text messages show a female Detroit officer who is dating the city’s recently fired police chief was previously romantically involved with the city’s acting chief, who is married.

David Robinson, a lawyer for Lt. Monique Patterson, said Wednesday he has more than 100 text messages sent to her in 2009 and 2010 from her boss, acting Police Chief Ralph Godbee, including ones that show the two had romantic meetings.

He says Patterson ended her relationship with Godbee last year when she started dating Warren Evans.

Godbee, in a statement released by Mayor Dave Bing’s office, referred to the texts as a “personal challenge that I must work through with my family and myself.”

Bing fired Evans last month for, among other things, being romantically involved with Patterson, a subordinate.