A man convicted of dealing drugs near a Kalihi elementary school last year was sentenced yesterday to 12 months and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright.

Larry Ordinado Jr., 25, was one of seven people — five men and two girls, both 17 — arrested in a seven-month police investigation spawned by community complaints of drug dealing within 1,000 feet of Kalihi Uka Elementary School at 2411 Kalihi St., which is within the federally designated Chinatown/Kalihi Weed & Seed District.

Ordinado was convicted on one count of distributing .114 grams of methamphetamine.

Ordinado indicted by a federal grand jury last November with Nalu Kamaka, Joshua Gonda and Danmar Galapia could have been sentenced up to 20 years in prison.

Honolulu police said the group's drug dealing extended from Stanley Street to the corner of Laumaile and Nihi streets, directly behind Kalihi Uka Elementary School. The adults in the group sold crystal methamphetamine and other drugs openly on the street and the juveniles were used to sell the drugs to younger people, according to police.