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42 °F Forecast | Road Cams Wednesday, April 13, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA Ashland News NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend April 12, 2005 Woman to face prison for sale of psilocybin mushrooms By MARK FREEMAN Mail Tribune A 52-year-old Selma woman faces up to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty recently to federal money-laundering and drug charges from crimes committed in the late 1990s. The government’s case against Kathleen M. Golden alleged she grew more than 125 pounds of psilocybin hallucinogenic mushrooms and used some of the profits to buy a motor home that she used to sell more mushrooms at the 1999 Woodstock Festival in New York. Golden pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Eugene to single counts of manufacturing psilocybin mushrooms and money laundering, court documents show. Golden is scheduled to be sentenced June 29, says Special Agent Dan Wardlaw from the Internal Revenue Service’s criminal investigation division. Golden faces up to 20 years in prison, followed by up to three years of federal supervision and a fine of up to $1 million. Advertisement The two counts were part of a 10-count indictment handed up by a federal grand jury from a case dating back to the late 1990s. Golden was investigated by the IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration. In exchange for Golden’s plea, the government agreed to drop the eight other counts against her, according to the plea agreement Golden signed Wednesday. The agreement was released to the media Monday. Though no set sentence was stated in the agreement, Golden will be sentenced under federal guidelines, which consider several factors before calculating a recommended sentence. Attempts to reach Golden by telephone Monday were unsuccessful. Golden admitted to helping cultivate at least 57 kilograms, or 125.66 pounds, of psilocybin mushrooms as early as the fall of 1997 and as late as January 2000, according to court documents. She also admitted to overseeing a criminal activity that involved five or more people, and that she laundered at least $12,924 acquired from the sale of the illegal drugs, the documents state. Golden also admitted to using drug profits on March 11, 1999 to buy a $500 cashier’s check used to help purchase a motor home, records show. Golden admitted she drove the vehicle to the Woodstock Festival in July 1999, where she sold more mushrooms, court records show. Reach reporter Mark Freeman at 776-4470, or e-mail [email protected] Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Distance Education Diamonds Slippers Student Loans afsa teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress w2 forms Tatoo Fasa Advertisement s