Lawyer Mike Stefani cited for ethics breach in text-message case

Already facing a 30-day suspension for one professional violation, whistle-blower lawyer Mike Stefani has been cited by a state Attorney Discipline panel for another ethical breach related to the text-message scandal that toppled ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.

The three-member panel said in a decision released Thursday that Stefani misled Kwame Kilpatrick's lawyer Samuel McCargo during