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Wyatt Detention Center Detainee Sentenced for Arranging Deliveries of Synthetic Cannabinoid to the Detention Facility

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Rhode Island

PROVIDENCE, RI – A Connecticut man detained at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility while awaiting sentencing on a criminal matter prosecuted in the District of Connecticut was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to two years of incarceration for arranging to have papers soaked with a synthetic cannabinoid shipped to the detention facility, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.

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Jim Martin

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Updated February 5, 2024
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USAO - Rhode Island
Press Release Number: 24-14

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