Don Udstuen Gets 8 Months
Mitigating circumstances lowered the sentence of Donald Udstuen, Crystal Lake's biggest bribe taker, to 8 months in prison, 8 months home confinement, 2 years probation, a $30,000 fine, plus community service, such as he has been doing with Habitat for Humanity in the Knox County area. At least that what I heard on WBBM radio.
Why Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer did not at least require the return the over $300,000 in bribes to Metra and state government is beyond me. After all, Udstuen admitted taking the money.
And, it's not as if he couldn't have afforded to pay it out of the $4.9 million retirement package that he took away from the Illinois State Medical Society.
Udstuen was probably the key to gettig former Repubican State Representative and mailhouse guru Roger Stanley (R-Streamwood). Stanley led the way to Scott Fawell. Fawell and Udstuen led the way to George Ryan.
I guess the judge concluded that Udstuen performed a public service.
Considering the advisory role Udstuen played in McHenry County Republican and state politics, perhaps Udstuen's public service has not ended.
Earlier today I wrote on McHenry County Blog about a Crystal Lake bachelor's party which I and three future felons attended.
3 comments:
real weak jokes
Glad they passed med mal reform so that he can be paid with money that should have gone to maimed patients.
Might want to check & see if the federal grand jury on this specific case had already issued a forfeiture indctment(s) as part of the original set of indictments. Normally if there's money out there that has been obtained illegally, there's a grand jury forfeiture order (indictment) issued for the cash and it never makes it into court.
I'm not sure that such an action by the federal grand jury would be included under the judge's sentence.
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