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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A former state senator already headed to federal prison for corruption pleaded no contest Tuesday to similar state charges that netted him an additional one and a half years behind bars.
John Celona entered his plea to one felony count of accepting money under false pretenses and a misdemeanor ethics charge related to his work for a hospital. He was sentenced to serve four years, plus a suspended sentence and probation.
Celona had already pleaded guilty to related charges in federal court and was sentenced last month to two and a half years in prison for selling the influence of his office to Roger Williams Medical Center, drugstore chain CVS Corp. and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island.
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