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Former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak has been released early from federal prison after serving about five months of his 18-month sentence for a tax-related conviction.
Former Chicago Ald. Edward Vrdolyak is once again out of prison, five months after he reported to a federal medical center in Minnesota, records show.
A judge in March denied a request from Vrdolyak, 84, for compassionate release. Vrdolyak’s lawyer had cited his “spiraling health issues,” reporting that he spent two weeks in solitary confinement after he reported to Minnesota’s FMC Rochester.
A former Chicago alderman convicted of tax evasion has been released from federal prison and is now living at a halfway house in Chicago.
A judge Thursday denied a bid by former Ald. Edward Vrdolyak to be released early from prison, saying he already got a break due to age and health.