Springfield Man Sentenced to Prison for Distributing Crack Cocaine

BOSTON –Dmitri Major, 38, of Springfield, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 21 months in prison and five years of supervised release.

In May 2015, Major pleaded guilty to distributing crack cocaine to an undercover law enforcement officer in a parking lot near known drug dealing and street gang territory on Oct. 9 and 17, 2013.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Harold H. Shaw, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today.  The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin O’Regan, Chief of Ortiz’s Springfield Branch Office.