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DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS

(Richmond, IN)--A Richmond drug dealer has been given a lengthy prison sentence.  32-year-old Alex Irwin has been sentenced to a total of 35 years.  25 of those years is for dealing multiple drugs after meth, cocaine, and fentanyl were found during a search of a home on South 21st.  Another ten years was tacked on to Irwin’s sentence due to his extensive criminal record.   But that’s not the end of Irwin’s legal trouble.  He is due to go on trial next month for breaking into a building on South G Street and shooting the owner in the leg.