Graduate student arrested in methamphetamine lab bust
By Angie Yang, The Dartmouth Staff
Published on Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Web Update, last updated on Sep 13 | 11:05 am
A Dartmouth graduate student was arrested for the attempted manufacture of methamphetamine/amphetamine on Sunday, the Union Leader reported.
Randy Lambreghts, 28, whose graduate date is not listed in the Dartmouth Name Directory, allegedly ran a methamphetamine lab from his 3 School St. apartment, according to the Union Leader.
New Hampshire State Police, the Hanover Police Department and a hazardous materials team conducted an investigation into "possible chemicals," at 3 School St., Hanover Police Chief Nicholas Giaccone said in an interview with The Dartmouth. "Less than a dozen" Dartmouth graduate students currently live at the residence, according to Giaccone.
Investigators visited the premises, which is situated on a street that also houses undergraduate College students, on Sunday, Giaccone said.
After several items were taken from the apartment during the search for further analysis, Lambreghts — a Belgian citizen who has attended Dartmouth as a graduate student for the last seven years — was taken into custody, the Union Leader reported.
The search and seizure provided an inconvenience for undergraduates living on School Street, various students said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
Whitney FitzPatrick ’13, who lives at the Sigma Delta sorority house on West Wheelock Street, said she was not allowed to park in the Sigma Delt parking lot on Sunday afternoon.
“I came back with my car and tried to turn onto School Street, but I wasn’t allowed to," she said. "[The police] just kind of waved me away."
The manufacture of methamphetamine is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, a fine of $300,000 or both, according to New Hampshire State Law.
Lambreghts was held on $20,000 bail and was expected to appear in the Grafton Country Second Circuit Court on Monday, according to the Union Leader.
Giaccone declined to give further comment on the ongoing investigation.
This article will be updated as more details become available.
Breaking Bad is such a terrible influence…
By Anonymous on Aug 29 | 2:19 pm
Nick Giaccone should resign! He spends his days chasing after 20 year olds with keystone light, meanwhile a massive meth lab operates right under his nose.
Nicky, your father would have never let this happen. What do you think he would say if he saw how much of a disaster your tenure has been?
By Hanover Native on Aug 30 | 3:07 pm
I’m impressed! The D finally published a story about graduate students. It’s incredible they finally had to admit they exist after the news was already published in NY daily news etc…
Even more entertaining was the coverage of how inconvenient it was for an undergraduate to park that day due to the incident. It is like covering a story about a hurricane flooding stores and houses in west leb and then talking about how inconvenient it would be for some not to be able to go to the liquor store!
It’s pretty sad that despite of the decent professional effort the D editors put into this newspaper, how they rarely think of crossing the news world that lies outside of wheelock st. It may be a valuable lesson for them to take a tour at the hospital’s cancer center, or thayer or tuck… anyways, I think readers get the point… but at the end, I feel terrible for Whitney FitzPatrick who was sadly unable to park that day… not because of Hurricane Irene, but rather because of nuisance of a grad student!
By Anonymous on Aug 31 | 9:58 pm
First, I’d like to clarify misinformation from several articles that he was a student in Chemistry. He was not. He is a student of Prof. Jay Dunlap in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program. Nothing to do with Chemistry. \ Second, to Hanover Native, where does it say anything about a “massive” meth lab? Are you privy to information the rest of us don’t know? or are you just exaggerating a story about a dumb kid trying to get high into some kind of a drug ring story?
By gruen ubermalen on Sep 1 | 1:37 pm
How much tuition did this guy pay over seven years as a grad student?
By Dick 08 on Sep 3 | 9:35 am
OMG WHY DID THEY RELEASE HIS NAME??? CLEAR BREACH OF JOURNALISTIC ETHICS! SHAMEFUL! I EXPECTED BETTER FROM THE DARTMOUTH! HOW CAN YOU….wait we’re not doing that whole dance this time?
By Anonymous on Sep 13 | 11:45 pm