CHARGED HERE. THAT’S RIGHT. BUT 33 YEAR-OLD LAMAR CARTER ADMITTED HE WAS THE LEADER OPERATING HIS DRUG RING OUT OF SOMEONE’S HOME AND VARIOUS HOTELS IN THE AREA. INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE WERE SEVEN PEOPLE INVOLVED IN TOTAL. LAMAR CARTER SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ONE COUNT OF CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE AND POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THIS ALL HAPPENED IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2022. ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERWORK, CARTER AND SEVERAL OTHERS TRAVELED TO NEW JERSEY ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO RESUPPLY WITH KEY LOW LEVEL AMOUNTS OF COCAINE THAT WAS BROUGHT BACK TO KEENE TO BE COOKED TO MANUFACTURE CRACK. CARTER WILL SPEND MORE THAN FIVE YEARS BEHIND BARS. A SIGNIFICANT SENTENCE, ACCORDING TO U.S. ATTORNEY JANE YOUNG. THIS SHOULD BE A MESSAGE TO ANYBODY WHO THINKS THAT THEY’RE GOING TO COME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE TO SET UP THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY WILL BE FERRETED OUT, THEY WILL BE PROSECUTED, AND UPON CONVICTION, THEY WILL BE SENTENCED TO LENGTHY PERIODS OF INCARCERATION. INVESTIGATORS TELL ME THAT CARTER WAS ONE OF THE LEADERS, ALONG WITH A MAN NAMED ISAIAH WADE. WADE IS STILL PENDING TRIAL. AND THE OTHERS THAT WORKED FOR THEM HAVE ALL PLEADED GUIL