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POINT PLEASANT BORO – A former "American Idol" contestant from Point Pleasant was sentenced Thursday to 45 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.

The sentencing comes four months after Antonella Barba pleaded guilty on July 30 to possessing enough of the drug, many more times powerful than heroin, to kill 200,000 people, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office release.

Barba had faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison, even though her attorney asked for no more than about 4 years.

POINT PLEASANT BORO – A former "American Idol" contestant from Point Pleasant was sentenced Thursday to 45 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.

The sentencing comes four months after Antonella Barba pleaded guilty on July 30 to possessing enough of the drug, many more times powerful than heroin, to kill 200,000 people, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office release.

Barba had faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison, even though her attorney asked for no more than about 4 years.

POINT PLEASANT BORO – A former "American Idol" contestant from Point Pleasant was sentenced Thursday to 45 months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.

The sentencing comes four months after Antonella Barba pleaded guilty on July 30 to possessing enough of the drug, many more times powerful than heroin, to kill 200,000 people, according to a U.S. Attorney's Office release.

Barba had faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison, even though her attorney asked for no more than about 4 years.