FEDS: HYANNIS MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO GUN & FENTANYL FELONIES ***  WATCH INITIAL HN ARREST VIDEO!  ***

Above: HN video freeze frame of Galvin being taken into custody in Hyannis family neighborhood, with BPD booking photo and other inserts from June 2023.   BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – [DOJ MEDIA STATEMENT] – A Hyannis man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Timothy Lee Galvin, 32, pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley scheduled sentencing for April 3, 2025. Galvin was indicted in August 2023. On or about June 2, 2023, in Barnstable, Galvin was arrested for possession of approximately six grams of fentanyl and three rounds of 9mm ammunition in his pocket, and a backpack in which the police found a privately made firearm which was a .45 caliber pistol, 11 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition and 47 rounds of 9mm ammunition. The charge of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, a minimum term of three years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $1,000,000. The charge of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime provides a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to life in prison, a maximum of five years of supervised release and a maximum fine of $250,000. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and statutes which govern the determination of a sentence in a criminal case. United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy; James M. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division; and Cape & Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin A. Tolkoff of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit is prosecuting 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 gun violence and other violent crime, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone.  On May 26, 2021, the Department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.  For more information about Project Safe Neighborhoods, please visit Justice.gov/PSN. INITIAL HN VIDEO: The following is the initial June 2, 2023, HN video footage and BPD radio transmissions from the evening of Galvin’s dramatic arrest. The video highlights an extremely chaotic evening in Hyannis, to say the least… The initial video is entitled: *** WATCH *** FOOT PURSUIT, 2 FIREARMS RECOVERED, ONE IN CUSTODY AFTER REPORT OF TWO SUSPICIOUS MASKED MEN [HN VIDEO – PRESS PLAY!] P.S. – Today’s Hytown Vignette is a brought to you by Ted Neeley…  [CLICK IT/CRANK IT! HEADPHONES ABSOLUTELY OBLIGATORY!]