PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man with multiple drug trafficking convictions has been sentenced to seven years in prison for the latest guilty finding, federal prosecutors say.
Jessie Yanez, 34, of Pawtucket, was arrested by Cranston police last November following an investigation that included four controlled purchases of varying amounts of fentanyl and cocaine, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Rhode Island.
The deals included the sale of 50 grams of fentanyl for $2,750 and the sale of 50 grams of cocaine for $1,900, authorities said.
Yanez had three prior drug trafficking convictions, authorities said.
He previously pleaded guilty to fentanyl and cocaine distribution charges.
In addition to his prison sentence, Yanez was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence to four years of probation.
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