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PORTLAND — An Albany man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distributing heroin and methamphetamine in and around Linn County, the U.S. Attorney’s Office - District of Oregon announced Wednesday.

According to court documents, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives began investigating Anthoni Joseph Bassetti, 28, in January 2020. Bassetti was described as a mid-level drug dealer. That same month, agents arranged and conducted two undercover drug deals with him. On March 6 of that year, they executed a federal search warrant on his residence,...