Kevin Lewis, the disgraced former Little Rock attorney who orchestrated the biggest fraud ever prosecuted in Arkansas, will get to spend more time with his terminally ill father before being locked away in prison for 10 years.
Lewis was supposed to surrender to authorities on March 12 to begin serving a 10-year sentence that was handed down in December. But now he doesn’t have to report to the Bureau of Prisons until April 16 at 2 p.m.
On March 7, Lewis’ attorney Tim Dudley of Little Rock filed a motion asking for an extension because of the poor health of Lewis’ father, Harold Lewis.
“His doctors cannot state, with any certainty, how much longer [Harold Lewis] has to live, but his circumstance is terminal and it is evident that his time is very short,” Dudley wrote.
Dudley said in the motion that Kevin Lewis was an only child and his elderly parents depended on his care and assistance.
U.S. District Judge James Moody agreed and approved the motion, as long as Lewis stays within the boundaries of the Eastern District of Arkansas. If he leaves the Eastern District, which includes Jonesboro and Little Rock, Lewis has to get permission from his probation officer.
This marks the third time Lewis has delayed the start of his prison term.
If you recall, at the sentencing hearing in December, Moody gave Lewis until Feb. 7 before he had to report to prison. At that time, Moody agreed to the unusually long delay to start the sentence because Harold Lewis was terminally ill.
As the Feb. 7 deadline approached, Kevin Lewis asked for more time to spend with his father. Moody granted the request and said Lewis didn’t have to report to prison until March 12.
Lewis will be sent to prison for connecting a fake special improvement district bonds scheme that cost Arkansas banks some $50 million and ruined First Southern Bank of Batesville.
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