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<p>SCRANTON &#8212; An Exeter man will spend 11 years behind bars for selling crack cocaine at an area casino, the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office announced Tuesday.</p><p>Federal prosecutors say Sekou Lashley, 36, sold four bags of the substance to an informant at a bar inside Mohegan Sun Pocono casino in Plains Township on March 19, 2015.</p><p>Reached Tuesday, Mohegan Sun Pocono President Mike Bean declined to comment.</p><p>Lashley previously pleaded guilty to distributing a controlled substance after an indictment was returned by a federal grand jury May 5, 2015, prosecutors say, resulting in a 120-month prison sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion.</p><p>Mannion, according to prosecutors, imposed an additional 12-month sentence after Lashley violated terms of his supervised release, which he was serving on a 2008 conviction for selling heroin.</p><p>Mannion found that Lashley qualified as a career offender after the judge considered his &#8220;extensive criminal history,&#8221; prosecutors said.</p><p>The case was investigated by the FBI.</p><style>
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Exeter man sentenced to 11 years for selling crack at Mohegan Sun Pocono casino