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Jun 22

Pol headed to prison hopes to lose weight

OXFORD There will be no prison tattoo for Michael A. Fox.

But the former longtime Butler County commissioner and state legislator said he hopes to come out of prison in four years much lighter and healthier.

On Thursday, less than 24 hours before he is to report to the Federal Medical Center correctional institution Lexington, Ky., Fox talked to The Enquirer about heading to prison and the public scandal that put him there.

He still denies doing anything wrong.

My number one goal is to lose weight, said Fox, who has gained 130 pounds since the federal case against him was pending.

The feds are going to be so considerate and nice to me. They are sending me to a fat farm and theyre going to pay for it. I cant afford it. Could you ask for a nicer bunch of people?

Although he was sentenced in March, U.S. District Judge Sandra Beckwith allowed Fox to surrender to prison by Friday so he could recover from a recent full-knee replacement.

Fox lost his bid to serve the four-year sentence on home incarceration. Sentencing was delayed for months as Fox tried to persuade the judge that he was too sick to go to prison because of his morbid obesity and a list of other ailments, including heart and vascular problems.

The 63-year-old Oxford resident, had accepted the prison term in a plea agreement in early 2011. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud involving a $460,000 payment he received from longtime attorney pal Robert C. Schuler in exchange for helping Schulers company secure a $1 million fiber-optics contract with Butler County in 2002.

Fox also pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. As part of the deal, four charges of public corruption were dismissed involving alleged kickbacks Fox received from businesses to get them county business.

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