Daniel Major, a 43-year-old man from Hopkinsville, was sentenced to 11 years and eight months in prison — followed by five years of supervised release — Thursday afternoon, for one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl.
He also received an additional sentence of two years and nine months for violating his federal supervision on a previous conviction.
There is no parole in the federal system.
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 Hopkinsville Police Department Chief Jason Newby made the announcement.
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.
