Conn. man gets Vt. heroin-sale sentence

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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -

A Connecticut man will be behind bars for five years in Vermont for selling heroin.

Jesse Anderson, 33, known as "Country" on the streets, pleaded guilty last month to selling the drug.

He was arrested in September after police were able to buy bags of heroin from him.

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