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Newburgh man sentenced to 15 years in prison on drug charges

HENDERSON, Ky (WEHT) – A Newburgh man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of selling heroin and fentanyl in 2020.

According to the Posey County Prosecutor’s Office, Nicolas Alvarez, 29, sold heroin to the same undercover confidential informant three times in February and March of 2020. Court documents say some of the heroin that Alvarez provided contained fentanyl.

Alvarez was found guilty in November after a two-day jury trial.