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August 31, 2007

Man gets 15 years after cocaine, gun found under bed

PROVIDENCE -- A Pawtucket man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after a gun and cocaine were found under his bed, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Providence.

Robert Viruet, 38, was arrested in August 2005 after police found a safe under his bed containing six bags of crack cocaine, one bag of powder cocaine and a loaded .25-caliber pistol.

Viruet initially said a friend had paid him $200 to store the safe, but in 2006, he pleaded guilty to two charges of possession with intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.

He was sentenced today in U.S. District Court, Providence, to 121 months for the drug offenses and 60 for the gun. Federal sentencing laws mandate a consecutive five-year sentence for having a gun in connection with drug trafficking.

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