Judge orders Kwame Kilpatrick crony Bobby Ferguson released from prison 10 years early
Bobby Ferguson
Bobby Ferguson, the Detroit contractor tied to former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick s corruption scandal, was ordered Thursday to be released from prison nearly a decade before the end of his sentence.
The order to free Ferguson from the Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton in Lisbon, Ohio, was made by Judge Nancy Edmunds of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan under the compassionate release provision. It comes about four months after then-President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of the disgraced former mayor.
Ferguson s family and supporters had been rallying for his release, arguing Ferguson shouldn t face a harsher punishment than his good friend Kilpatrick, who they say orchestrated the crimes. But prosecutors said he should remain in prison for ripping off the city with corrupt contracts.
Owner of pizza shops in Greenwich, Stamford gets 30 days in prison for tax evasion scheme
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Amore Cucina & Bar in Stamford, Conn.Alexander Soule / Alexander Soule
A restaurateur who owns pizza shops in Stamford and Greenwich was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in federal prison for his part in a tax evasion scheme involving TV chef Bruno DiFabio
Steven Cioffi, who owned a stake in ReNapoli Pizza in Old Greenwich and Amore Cucina & Bar in Stamford, is also required to pay $122,177 plus an additional $100 in restitution to the government.
Cioffi, 35, pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the filing of a false tax return in the fall of 2018.
The "Full House" actress served two months in prison and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, served five months after pleading guilty for their involvement in the college admissions scandal.
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