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Paducah, KY - A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man was sentenced this week to a total of 14 years and 5 months in federal prison for conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl while on federal supervision from a previous federal conviction.
U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Acting Special Agent in Charge Erek G. Davodowich of the DEA Louisville Field Division, Christian County Sheriff Tyler DeArmond, and Chief Jason Newby of the Hopkinsville Police Department made the announcement.
According to court documents, Daniel Major, 43, of Hopkinsville, was sentenced to 11 years and 8 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for one count conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. Major received an additional sentence of 2 years and 9 months for violating his federal supervision on a previous conviction.
There is no parole in the federal system.
The case was investigated by the DEA Paducah Post of Duty, with assistance from the Christian County Sheriff’s Office and the Hopkinsville Police Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Leigh Ann Dycus, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, prosecuted the case.
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