PRESS RELEASE
June 20 , 2008
Lexington, Ky. —Edmund Clay Aldridge, 28, of Carrollton, Ky., was sentenced today to five months in prison and five months of home detention for possessing a firearm while subject to a domestic violence order.
In March of 2008, Aldridge pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted that he possessed a .38 caliber pistol in October of 2007 while he was in Mercer County, Ky.
Upon his release, Aldridge will be under the supervision of the United States Probation Office for three years.
James A. Zerhusen, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Paul J. Vido, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (Louisville Field Division), jointly made the announcement today after the sentencing.
The investigation was conducted by the ATFE (Lexington Division) and the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department. The United States was represented by Assistant United States Attorney Brandon W. Marshall.