Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik stands outside the Federal Court in... 
(Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo)The man once dubbed "America's Police Commissioner" was ordered released on bail today, less than a week after confessing to cheating the IRS and lying to White House officials.
Bernard Kerik, the disgraced former New York City Police commissioner who was heralded for his leadership after Sept. 11, pleaded guilty Nov. 5 to eight felony counts related to actions that included lying to the White House and failing to report income and loans.
He faces a maximum 61 years in prison, but his plea agreement asks for a sentence of between 27 and 33 months.
Judge Stephen Robinson allowed Kerik to be freed from jail but he stiffened bail conditions. Kerik will be confined to his home, must wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and will be required to ask for permission to leave the house to see his attorney, account or to go to worship. He also added additional financial security to the bail package.
Robinson had previously revoked Kerik's $500,000 bail in October, citing evidence that Kerik had violated a court order by releasing sealed materials that he felt may have been exculpatory to Kerik, and that information was shared with members of the media.
At last week's hearing, federal judge Stephen Robinson assured the one-time nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security that he would take into account not only his crimes, but the whole of Kerik's life – prompting tears from the former commissioner.
Robinson said Kerik, 53, had led a very full life, which he would keep in mind on sentencing day Feb. 18.
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