Braintree Man Sent To Prison For Drug Conviction

BOSTON, MA — A Braintree man was sentenced to just under a decade in prison for drug trafficking charges.

A U.S. District Court Judge sentenced 38-year-old Vaughn Lewis Friday to nine years behind bars and three years of supervised release. In April 2018, Lewis pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and crack cocaine, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

During an investigation into a network of street gangs trafficking illegal firearms and drugs, investigators identified Lewis as a Brockton-based drug dealer. Lewis was a customer of and distributor for Luis Rivera, a/k/a “Fat Louie,” a major cocaine supplier in the Brockton area. Lewis was arrested and charged on June 9, 2016, at which time a search warrant was executed on his property. During the search, drugs, drug trafficking paraphernalia and a loaded handgun were recovered.

According to court documents, Lewis had a lengthy criminal record, including convictions for drug trafficking in Massachusetts in 1997 and 2009.

Lewis was one of 53 people arrested as apart of a 2016 investigation into street gangs.

Information from the U.S. Attorney's office was used in this story.

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