Avery Lewis, Drug Conspiracy, Massachusetts 2025

A Boston gang member has pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges in federal court. Avery Lewis, 32, of Dorchester, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine on January 21, 2025.

The charges carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least three years and up to a lifetime of supervised release, and a fine of up to $1 million. U.S. District Court Judge Myong J. Joun scheduled sentencing for May 13, 2025.

Lewis was one of 10 H-Block gang members and associates charged in August 2024 following a multi-year investigation of H-Block. Over 500 grams of cocaine, cocaine base (crack cocaine), and fentanyl, as well as over 20,000 doses of drug-laced paper were seized during the investigation.

According to the charging documents, the H-Block street gang is one of the most feared and influential city-wide gangs in Boston. Lewis was a long-time H-Block gang member and daily street-level dealer with a regular roster of customers.

Lewis’ criminal history includes a 2017 cocaine conviction for possessing 86 bags of cocaine inside his apartment, as well as a 2013 conviction for unlawfully possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

The investigation was supported by the Massachusetts State Police, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts Department of Corrections, and the Braintree, Quincy, Randolph, and Watertown Police Departments. Assistant United States Attorney John T. Dawley of the Organized Crime & Gang Unit and Jeremy Franker of the Justice Department’s Violent Crime & Racketeering Section are prosecuting the cases.