AUBURN - An Auburn drug dealer was sentenced in Cayuga County Court Tuesday to three years in prison with two years of post release supervision for selling $110 worth of cocaine to an undercover informant.

Clinton Gamlen, 41, of 30 Hockeborn Ave., pleaded guilty to felony sale of a narcotic drug on Dec. 2, satisfying two other cocaine and marijuana possession charges that stemmed from the investigation into the Oct. 13 sale.

Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann said Gamlen, who has two drug related convictions from 1992 and 1996, is described by the Fingerlakes Drug Task Force as a high-end drug dealer.

"When police executed a search warrant on his property, they found a rolled-up dollar bill with cocaine residue in the center console of his vehicle and he had a pipe in his pocket," Budelmann said. "They also found two digital weighs in his house and four bags with marijuana residue locked in a safe in his son's bedroom."

When given an opportunity to address the court, Gamlen said he knew he made mistakes throughout his life but asked to receive the minimum one-year prison sentence instead of three years of incarceration.

"I guarantee that none of this will ever happen again," Gamlen said. "I am old enough to should have known better, and I did make mistakes."

Cayuga County Judge Mark Fandrich denied the request, citing Gamlen's criminal history.