South Boston drug dealer who became an exterminator admits killing two men in different decades

A one-time South Boston drug dealer who later got a job as an exterminator for the BHA pleaded guilty today to manslaughter for one murder in 1984 and then another - of his boss - in 1993, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Mary Ames sentenced Michael Lewis, 65, to 15 years for each murder, to be served concurrently, the DA's office reports.

The DA's office provided these accounts of the murders, starting with Brian Watson's death in 1984:

On or about July 16 or 17 of 1984, Lewis and another man, both of whom were involved in the South Boston drug trade, were driving in South Boston in search of another drug dealer. Their purpose was to stop that dealer from operating in South Boston.

While looking for the dealer, Lewis and the second ma