Tuesday Update: Pilati attorney files appeal

By Staff
Jason Cannon
Bruce Gardner, defense attorney for former Franklin County District Attorney John Pilati, filed a notice of appeal Monday.
Pilati was convicted in November for depriving five men of their civil rights by touching them inappropriately during strip searches.
U.S. Magistrate Judge John Ott sentenced Pilati last week to 42 months in federal prison. In addition to the prison term Ott ordered Pilati to pay a $12,500 fine, spend one year on supervised release upon leaving prison and register as a sex offender.
Pilati was transported to the Morgan County Jail in Decatur after sentencing last week. Gardner said he expected to file paperwork Tuesday asking that Pilati be released pending the outcome of the appeal.
For more information, see tomorrow's edition of the Franklin County Times.