That’s what our waitress at Palermo’s told us as we lunched after a memorial service at St. Mary’s Cemetery.
She showed us the corner table where Michael Madigan ate each week.
I asked how he tipped.
“He’s a twenty-five percenter,” she replied.
Madigan’s sentence had not been delivered while we were at the restaurant.
On the way back to Crystal Lake we heard Madigan had been sentenced to 7 1/2 years and a fine of $2 million.
The U.S. Attorney had asked for twelve and a half years, plus a $2.5 million fine.
Madigan’s attorney asked for five years’ probation with the first year in home confinement, where he could care for his ailing wife, Shirley.
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Madigan, at 83 years of age, is a bit old than I am.
A date to report to prison has not been set.
