Fairhaven Man Pleads Guilty to Methamphetamine Charges

BOSTON – A Fairhaven man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to distributing methamphetamine.

Peter Lobo, 54, pleaded guilty today to one count of distributing methamphetamine before U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper, who scheduled sentencing for Oct. 4, 2017.

In late 2016, an undercover agent posing as a Maine methamphetamine dealer met with Lobo, and on Dec. 12, 2016, Lobo distributed a half pound sample of methamphetamine to the agent.  Two days later, the agent paid Lobo $4,000 for the half pound, and Lobo sold an additional four pounds of methamphetamine to the agent.  A subsequent drug analysis determined that the substance consisted of 1,777 grams of 99% pure d-methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as “Ice.”

Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb and Michael J. Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division, made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Theodore B. Heinrich of Weinreb’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case.

--U.S. Attorney's Office