Vermont man gets 5 years for dark web drug dealing

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont man is going to federal prison for five years for a conviction stemming from the Justice Department’s first undercover operation targeting dark web drug sales.
Sam Bent, of St. Johnsbury, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Burlington. His cousin, Djeneba Bent, was sentenced to three years of probation.
The Justice Department announced last year the Bents were among 35 people charged across the country. The dark net is a part of the internet ofte