BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced today in federal
court in Springfield for distributing crack cocaine.
Kayvon Lovejoy, 26, was sentenced by U.S. District Court
Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to 17 months in prison and six years of supervised
release. In May 2018, Lovejoy pleaded guilty to two counts of distribution of
crack cocaine. Lovejoy was arrested in February 2018 and has been in custody
since.
Lovejoy distributed crack cocaine on Aug. 9, 2017, and Aug.
15, 2017. On each occasion, Lovejoy sold approximately two grams of crack
cocaine for $160 to a government witness.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling; Harold H. Shaw,
Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field
Office; Colonel Kerry A. Gilpin, Superintendent of the Massachusetts State
Police; Springfield Police Commissioner John Barbieri; and Holyoke Police Chief
Manny Febo made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Neil L.
Desroches of Lelling’s Springfield Branch Office prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a
program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities
they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for
everyone. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of
the Department’s renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all
U.S. Attorney’s Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and
tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective,
locally-based strategies to reduce violent crime.
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