MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Former Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. has been ordered to report to a federal prison in Alabama by Dec. 3 to begin serving his sentence for tax evasion.
According to an order filed Nov. 5 by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Parker, Ford must surrender to the Bureau of Prisons at FCI Montgomery, located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, by 2 p.m. Dec. 3.
Ford was sentenced Oct. 6 to two years in federal prison after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion in February. His sentence also includes two years of supervised release after his prison term…