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A federal judge has sentenced a Connecticut man to two years in federal prison after he arranged for the delivery of synthetic cannabis to the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Providence, Rhode Island.

The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha.

According to the announcement, the man, who is not named in the court documents, was detained at the Wyatt Detention Center while awaiting sentencing on a criminal matter prosecuted in Connecticut. He arranged for papers soaked with a synthetic cannabinoid to be shipped to the facility.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) assisted a What’sUpNewp journalist with the reporting included in this story.

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...

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