After request denied, Arkansas businessman Suhl goes to prison for bribery

Arkansas businessman Ted Suhl, convicted in late October of bribing a state official to protect his business interests, reported to a federal prison in Illinois last week after an appeals court rejected his attempt to remain free while challenging his convictions.

Records at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons showed Monday that the 51-year-old man from Warm Springs, near Pocahontas, is being housed in a medium-security lockup in Marion, in southern Illinois.

Suhl was originally ordered to self-report to a bureau-designated prison by 2 p.m. Jan. 2. But on that day, his appeal of U.S. District Judge Billy Roy Wilson's Nov. 14 order denying his request to remain free while appealing was still pending. A day later, on Jan. 3, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the appeal in a nine-word order. It said simply, "Appellant's motion for continued release pending appeal is denied."

The federal prison's website doesn't show the exact day that Suhl checked into the prison, but it says he is expected to be released Feb. 5, 2023 -- a little more than six years from now.

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