BOSTON – A Springfield man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Springfield for possessing and distributing crack cocaine.
Larry Smith, Jr., 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Mark G. Mastroianni to seven years in prison and three years of supervised release. In November 2016, Smith pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing and one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine in the form of crack cocaine.
On Feb. 18, 2015 and March 5, 2015, Smith sold crack cocaine to a cooperating witness. On April 3, 2015, he possessed an additional ten grams of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute it. Smith has an extensive, violent criminal history in Massachusetts state courts, including a 2010 conviction for carrying a firearm without a license and carrying a loaded firearm without a license; 2009 convictions for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery of a police officer; 2007 convictions for assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery of a police officer (four counts), and resisting arrest; and 2004 convictions for assault with a dangerous weapon (two counts) and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
Acting U.S. Attorney William D. Weinreb and Mickey D. Leadingham, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Katharine A. Wagner of Weinreb’s Springfield Office is prosecuting the case.