Hopkinsville man sentenced to 14 years in federal prison

A Hopkinsville man was sentenced to 14 years and five months in federal prison this week, after being found guilty of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl while on federal supervision for a previous conviction.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Kentucky, 43-year-old Daniel Major of Hopkinsville was officially 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.