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pray@altoonamirror.com In an opinion Thursday, the Pennsylvania Superior Court let stand the conviction and lengthy prison sentence imposed on the purported leader of a heroin distribution ring. Luis Bernal, 42, who is incarcerated at the State Correctional Institution at Benner Township, Centre County, was sentenced by Huntingdon County Senior Judge Stewart L. Kurtz to 16 to 32 years behind bars after a jury convicted him on charges of possession with intent to deliver, participating in a corrupt organization, conspiracy, criminal use of a communication facility and dealing in the proceeds ...