Post by Logan on Feb 20, 2016 6:17:28 GMT -6
It looks like John J. Rigas is heading home.
Several news services reported Friday evening that the 91-year-old Rigas, the former owner of the Buffalo Sabres and head of the former Adelphia Communications Corp., will be able to leave prison early, in the wake of a federal court decision on Friday about his case.
A judge in New York City, District Judge Kimba M. Wood, ruled that Rigas may be released from prison with his time served counting as his sentence, according to Reuters and the Associated Press.
Rigas had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud that led to the collapse of the cable company.
Rigas has Stage IV bladder cancer.
Read more: www.buffalonews.com/city-region/judge-agrees-to-let-john-rigas-leave-prison-early-20160219
Several news services reported Friday evening that the 91-year-old Rigas, the former owner of the Buffalo Sabres and head of the former Adelphia Communications Corp., will be able to leave prison early, in the wake of a federal court decision on Friday about his case.
A judge in New York City, District Judge Kimba M. Wood, ruled that Rigas may be released from prison with his time served counting as his sentence, according to Reuters and the Associated Press.
Rigas had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for fraud that led to the collapse of the cable company.
Rigas has Stage IV bladder cancer.
Read more: www.buffalonews.com/city-region/judge-agrees-to-let-john-rigas-leave-prison-early-20160219