BOSTON – A repeat offender has pleaded guilty to distributing massive quantities of crystal meth in the Boston area, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake.
Vincent Lambert, 41, a Boston man with a history of drug convictions, pleaded guilty yesterday to three counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine hydrochloride, commonly known as crystal meth.
The guilty plea comes after Lambert was identified as a major supplier of crystal meth in the Boston area by a cooperating source in August 2022. Over the next several months, Lambert distributed large quantities of the deadly drug to the cooperator, including 24 grams in Boston on February 15, 2023, 110 grams in Cambridge on March 2, 2023, and 83 grams in Dorchester on April 4, 2023.
The scope of Lambert’s operation became clear on June 7, 2023, when law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at his residence and seized an astonishing 1,102 grams of crystal meth, as well as 4,437 grams of butanediol, 100 grams of fentanyl, 43 grams of ketamine, 39 grams of cocaine, and 25 grams of MDMA.
Lambert’s history of drug convictions is long and well-documented. In 2017, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for drug charges out of the West Roxbury District Court. In 2019, he was sentenced to one year in prison for drug charges out of the Cambridge District Court, and later that same year, he was sentenced to 3.5-5 years in prison for additional drug charges out of the Suffolk Superior Court.
Lambert now faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and up to life in prison, as well as at least five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $10 million. Sentencing is scheduled for September 3, 2024, before U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani. Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy and Stephen Belleau, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Samuel R. Feldman of the Narcotics & Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case.
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Key Facts
- State: Massachusetts
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Drug Trafficking
- Source: Official Source ↗
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