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A Cincinnati man will spend 16 years in prison for selling fentanyl to a teenager who nearly died of an overdose, according to the United States Attorney's office for the Southern District of Ohio.

Vinton County Prosecutor / Facebook When the Vinton County Fair was canceled because of the pandemic, County Prosecutor Trecia Kimes-Brown wrote $100 checks to every child who completed a 4-H project this year. She did so in the name of anti-drug education through her Law Enforcement Trust Fund (LETF) account. The move stoked the ire of Vinton County Auditor Cindy Waugh, who did not like the fact that Kimes-Brown gave cash directly to people right before her reelection campaign. (Though Ki...