WESTFIELD—A man who stood accused of selling heroin to a 16-year-old Westfield girl who died has pleaded guilty.
Seth Lombard-Hawthorne pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter, distribution of heroin and distribution of fentanyl Monday at Hampden County Superior Court, according to Assistant District Attorney for the Hampden District Attorney’s Office Joan O’Brien.
File photo of Seth Lombard-Hawthorne
Lombard-Hawthorne was arrested on Feb. 6, 2016, by Westfield Police and Massachusetts State Police, according to an article from The Westfield News. Lombard-Hawthorne was arrested following the death of Westfield High School student Lillian “Lily” Anderson, 16. It was suspected that she died from a heroin and fentanyl overdose.
According to O’Brien, the state had asked Hampden Superior Court Judge Mary-Lou Rup for a three to five-year sentence in state prison for the involuntary manslaughter charge, as well as three years probation for the drug distribution charges.
However, O’Brien said that the defense counsel for Lombard-Hawthorne asked for a two-year sentence to House of Corrections for the involuntary manslaughter charge, as well as an 18-month suspended sentence for three years for the drug distribution charges.
Sentencing is next scheduled for Feb. 22, at 2 p.m.
