HYANNIS MAN SENTENCED TO OVER EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON FOR GUN AND DRUG CHARGES, FEDS SAY
Above: HN video freeze frame of Timothy Lee Galvin being taken into custody in a Hyannis family neighborhood, with BPD booking photo and other inserts from June 2023.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – [D.O.J. MEDIA STATEMENT] – A Hyannis man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
Timothy Lee Galvin, 32, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to 97 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. In December 2024, Galvin pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. 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. In addition, a privately made.45 caliber pistol, 11 rounds of .45 caliber ammunition and 47 rounds of 9mm ammunition were found in a backpack.
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley; 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 Tolkoff of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit 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 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
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