Hopkinsville man sentenced for conspiracy to traffic drugs while on federal supervision
PADUCAH, Ky. (WKRN) — A Hopkinsville man was sentenced this week to 14 years and five months in federal prison for conspiring to traffic methamphetamine and fentanyl while he was on supervision from a prior federal conviction, according to officials.
Based on court documents, 43-year-old Daniel Major was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute meth and one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl. However, Major received an additional sentence of two years and nine months for violating his federal supervision on a previous conviction.
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U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Acting Special Agent in Charge Erek G. Davodowich of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Louisville Field Division, Christian County Sheriff Tyler DeArmond, and Hopkinsville Police Chief Jason Newby made the announcement about the sentencing.
The Department of Justice released a statement on Thursday, June 20, saying 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, and then prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Leigh Ann Dycus, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office.
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No additional details have been released about what led to the charges against Major.
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