U.S. District Court Sentences Methamphetamine Dealer From Concord To 37 Months In Prison

CONCORD, NH — A man from Concord was sentenced in federal court to more than three years in prison in a methamphetamine trafficking case, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Zachary Albert, 44, was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the case started in the fall of 2022 when the FBI Major Offender Task Force and the New Hampshire State Police began investigating a methamphetamine distribution conspiracy in New Hampshire. During the investigation, intercepted phone calls and text messages showed Albert worked as a methamphetamine distributor and obtained the drug from one of his co-conspirators. He then sold the drugs to others. In March 2023, Albert arranged to purchase methamphetamine to sell to two customers.

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Law enforcement later stopped and searched Albert’s vehicle and found 9.4 grams of fentanyl and 26.9 grams of methamphetamine.

“The defendant conspired with others to distribute dangerous drugs in our state,” U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan said. “Today’s sentence reflects the serious threat posed by those who deal in dangerous drugs like methamphetamine. Our office will continue to pursue individuals and organizations who profit from drug trafficking in our communities.”

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Major Offender Task Force and the New Hampshire State Police led the investigation while the Concord Police Department, Franklin Police Department, and New Hampton Police Department assisted.

“Zachary Albert profited from selling methamphetamine, a highly addictive and dangerous drug that’s plagued communities here in New Hampshire,” Ted E. Docks, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston Division, said. “Putting him out of business and behind bars can’t make up for the damage he and his drugs have done, but it does make our communities safer.”

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the case is part of Operation Take Back America, which it described as a nationwide Department of Justice initiative tied to organized crime drug enforcement and Project Safe Neighborhoods resources.

Prior Charges, Suspended Sentences

Albert, according to superior court records, was first being tracked by cops on drug charges in March 2008 in Concord. He was charged with acts prohibited, but the charge was nolle prossed in August 2008.

Eight years later, Albert was accused of acts prohibited and falsifying physical evidence in Manchester. In June 2016, the evidence charge was dismissed without prejudice. Three months later, he took a plea on the drug charge and received a 12-month jail sentence and $434 fine, both suspended for a year, with five days of time served credit and a year probation. In March 2017, Albert was found to be in violation of probation or parole. He spent nine days in jail.

In June 2022, Albert racked up four acts prohibited charge in Concord in one case and falsifying physical evidence, three penalty; committed offense on bail, and three acts prohibited charges. While those charges were active, Albert was charged with conduct after-death/injury or false information, operating without a license, and criminal mischief in Manchester in December 2022 — he was accused of being involved in an accident with injury in Manchester and leaving the scene without providing his correct name on Dec. 29, 2022, and felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, a machete, and penalty; committing offense on bail in January 2023 in Bow. In August 2023, he pleaded guilty to the weapon and bail charges and received two two-to-four-year sentences, suspended for five years. In September 2023, Albert pleaded guilty to the Bow conduct after charge and received an 18-month to four-year prison sentence suspended for five years. On the Concord charges, in the first case, he pleaded guilty to four of the acts prohibited charges and received four three-to-six-year prison sentences along with $2,480 in fines and $1,050 in restitution. He was also given 53 days of time served credit. The fines were suspended for five years. In the second case, he pleaded guilty to the bail charges as well as one evidence charge and two acts prohibited charges. Albert received two two-to-four-year and four two-and-a-half-to-five-year sentences and $1,240 in fines, all suspended for five years.

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