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June 20, 2006

Dan Biechele reports to work-release job

Daniel M. Biechele went to his work release job in Woonsocket this morning for the first time. A driver for his employer, The Arc of Northern Rhode Island, picked him up at the minimum-security section at the Adult Correctional Institutions before 8:30 this morning, according to Kenneth Findlay, acting spokesman for the Department of Corrections.

Biechele will work as a bookkeeper at the nonprofit agency, which supports adults and children who have disabilities. The 29-year-old Biechele, of Florida, was sentenced last month to four years in prison after pleading guilty to 100 counts of involuntary manslaughter for setting off the pyrotechnics that sparked the deadly Station nightclub fire.

Findlay said the employer has agreed to transport Biechele back and forth to Woonsocket so that he does not have to take public transportation. Background checks were done on the drivers as part of the investigation into Biechele's new job.

-- With reports by Journal staff writer Tracy Breton

Posted by Mike McDermott  at 11:07 AM | Permalink

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