Orchard Park Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution and Firearm Charges

 BOSTON – A Boston man with ties to the Orchard Park housing development in Roxbury pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to drug trafficking charges.

Lyndon Scott, 32, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense. U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris scheduled sentencing for Sept. 14, 2021. Scott was indicted in October 2019.

In September 2019, investigators conducted a search of Scott’s vehicle and recovered approximately 17 grams of crack cocaine packaged for sale and a Taurus 9 millimeter pistol loaded with 13 rounds of 9 millimeter ammunition from a hidden compartment in the center console of his car. Additional drug trafficking paraphernalia was recovered from Scott’s apartment. At the time of his arrest, Scott was on supervised release for a 2017 federal conviction for cocaine distribution.

The charge of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, at least three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million. The charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition provides for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. The charge of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense provides for a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and up to life in prison to be served consecutive to any other sentence imposed, up to five years of supervised release and a fine of up to $250,000. Pursuant to Scott’s plea agreement, the government will recommend a sentence of between 117 and 131 months in prison. Sentences are imposed based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

Acting United States Attorney Nathaniel R. Mendell; Kelly D. Brady, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boston Field Division; Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins; and Acting Boston Police Commissioner Gregory Long made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Pohl of Mendell’s Narcotics and Money Laundering Unit is prosecuting the case.