By Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com
If you can believe this, Bernie Madoff, the Palm Beach/Manhattan socialite who became one of America’s Most Hated Men, got into a minor scuffle in the federal prison yard in North Carolina with a fellow senior citizen and wound up victorious, at least according to a report in the New York Post.
The Post, attributing the information to “eyewitnesses” at the prison in Butner, N.C., reported that Madoff “was heard last week getting into a heated debate over the state of the market with another senior-citizen jailbird.”
“The shouting match got so heated that the inmate pushed Madoff, who shoved back harder with both hands, causing his attacker to stumble,” reporter Rich Calder wrote. “As the attacker tried to stand up straight, Madoff hovered over him red-faced and glaring, eyewitnesses said.”
“The stunned attacker went chicken and took off — allowing Madoff to collect some “cred” among his fellow prisoners,” the reporter wrote.
OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST
- Cuban Spy Gets Reduced Sentence (AP)
- Ohio Exotic Dancer Gets Probation for Stiletto Stabbing (AP)
- Iowa Kosher Slaughter House Caught in Immigrant Flap Says it Will Hire Locals (AP)
- Michigan Man Accused of Nazi Crimes Denies Wrongdoing (AP)
- Off-Duty NYPD Cop Accused of Showing Gun on Train (AP)
- Reputed Chicago Mobster Admits Tax Evasion (Chicago Sun-Times)
- Jury Reaches One Verdict in Abramoff Related Trial (AP)
- Gay Dept. of Justice Employees See Halting Progress on Rights (Main Justice)
- OK U.S. Attorney Candidate Asks that His Name be Removed for Consideration (Main Justice)
- Arizona Sheriff Vows to Defy Feds and Do Illegal Immigrant Sweep (Washington Times)
