Repeat Offender Sentenced To 12 Years in Prison for Distributing Meth
BOSTON – A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for distributing methamphetamine hydrochloride (“crystal meth”).
Vincent Lambert, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani to 12 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release. In June 2024, Lambert pleaded guilty to three counts of distribution of and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. In June 2023, Lambert was indicted by a federal grand jury.
In August 2022, Lambert was identified as a supplier of crystal meth in the Boston area by a cooperating source. Lambert distributed 24 grams of crystal meth to the cooperating source in Boston on Feb. 15, 2023. On March 2, 2023, Lambert distributed another 110 grams of crystal meth in Cambridge to the cooperator. On April 4, 2023, Lambert distributed another 83 grams of crystal meth in Dorchester to the cooperator.
On June 7, 2023, 1,102 grams of crystal meth; 4,437 grams of butanediol; 100 grams of fentanyl; 43 grams of ketamine; 39 grams of cocaine; and 25 grams of MDMA were seized during a search of Lambert’s residence.
Lambert, a career offender, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for drug charges in West Roxbury District Court in 2017. In 2019, Lambert was sentenced to one year in prison for drug charges in Cambridge District Court. Later in 2019, Lambert was also sentenced to 3.5-5 years in prison for additional drug charges in Suffolk Superior Court.
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 prosecuted the case.
