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DENVER An admitted drug dealer who tried to flee from Pueblo police with $60,000 of methamphetamine now is facing a long term in federal prison. James Anthony Lovato pleaded guilty Monday to possessing the drug with the intent of distributing it as a dealer. He entered the plea in Denver at the U.S. District Court for Colorado. Judge R. Brooke Jackson said sentencing guidelines recommend a prison term of more than 21 years. A court filing states that Lovato, 36, is a career offender as defined by federal law who was convicted in Pueblo District Court in 2003 of attempted robbery and in 2014 of menacing. ....