FORMER HEAD OF AGENCY SENT TO PRISON FOR THEFT.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press

ALBANY -- The former head of an agency that coordinates emergency medical services in five northern counties was sentenced to two to six years in prison for stealing nearly $335,000 from the agency.

Francis Beaudet, 44, had pleaded guilty to a felony count of grand larceny for stealing the money from the Mountain Lakes Regional Emergency Medical Services Council.

He was sentenced Thursday in Albany County Court.

State officials say Beaudet stole nearly $240,000 by writing checks to himself and stole the rest by raising his …