Kwame Kilpatrick

In this courtroom sketch, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, left, is shown with his father Bernard Kilpatrick at the Theodore Levin Federal U.S. Courthouse in Detroit, Monday, March 11, 2013. Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was convicted Monday of corruption charges and then sent to jail to await his prison sentence in yet another dramatic setback for a man who once was among the nation's youngest big-city leaders. Jurors convicted Kilpatrick of a raft of crimes, including racketeering conspiracy, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years behind bars. He was portrayed during a five-month trial as an unscrupulous politician who took bribes, rigged contracts and lived far beyond his means while in office until fall 2008. Kilpatrick's long-time contractor friend, Bobby Ferguson was found guilty of 9 of 11 racketeering and extortion counts. Kwame Kilpatrick's father, Bernard Kilpatrick was convicted of 1 of 4 counts including filing a false tax return. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)

DETROIT — Federal Judge Nancy Edmunds on Thursday is issuing the sentence for Bernard Kilpatrick.

The government is asking he receive 27 to 33 months in prison on top of being ordered to pay nearly $100,000 in restitution and a fine of up to $250,000.

The U.S. Attorney's Office indicted the father of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on four counts, including tax evasion, extortion and bribery, but there wasn't enough evidence to convict, a jury ruled.

A charge of tax evasion is the only one that stuck. The jury was hung on a charge of racketeering and found the former career Wayne County employee not guilty of extortion and a second count of tax evasion.

"Although the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision regarding whether Bernard Kilpatrick was guilty of the racketeering conspiracy, the preponderance of the evidence established that Bernard Kilpatrick was a co-conspirator of Kwame Kilpatrick and Ferguson, holding regular “business meetings” with them in an effort to determine what City business the Enterprise should exploit," the government wrote in a court filing Friday.

"As the evidence at trial demonstrated, Bernard Kilpatrick persuaded City vendors to pay him, through his company, Maestro, because of his access to the Mayor. In addition to declared income of $1.3 million during his son’s tenure as Mayor – nearly all of which was derived from City vendors for virtually no work in return — Bernard Kilpatrick made cash deposits of over $605,000 during that same period."

Bernard Kilpatrick has been free on bond since the jury ruled Mach 11. His son and Bobby Ferguson were imprisoned pending their sentences that were delivered last week.

Kwame Kilpatrick received a minimum sentence of 28 years; Bobby Ferguson received 21.

Throughout the trial that began Sept. 6, 2012, prosecutors presented evidence of payments to Bernard Kilpatrick for access to Detroit City Hall.

Karl Kado, a Cobo Hall contractor, testified that he paid upwards of $300,000 to maintain contracts with the city and was offered $100,000 by Bernard Kilpatrick to keep quiet when federal agents began a criminal corruption probe in 2008.

Bernard Kilpatrick was a player in the Synago Sludge deal. He accepted payments nearing $25,000 from James Rosendal, the vice president of business development for Synagro, as the contract moved through the process.

Rosendal, working with the government, was recorded giving Kipatrick $300 wrapped in a chewing gum wrapper and gifts of pricey champagne.

"Bernard Kilpatrick used the machinery of the city government to force people to pay him," the government wrote in its sentencing memorandum.

Bernard Kilpatrick is 72, a year older than Kwame Kilpatrick will be if he serves his full 28-year sentence.

Filing: Bernard Kilpatrick sentencing memo.pdf