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Malden Armed Robbery Sting Operation Yields Three Arrests ? Attorney Sam?s Take

By Altman & Altman

Sting operations in Massachusetts are not uncommon. They are employed by law enforcement to investigate various types of crimes from drug dealing to prostitution. Oh yes. And guns. Robert C. Kenney, 56, Christopher P. Littlejohn, 30, and Ramone Arakelow, 34, all from Beverly, (collectively, the ?Defendants?) have now learned this lesson. They were arrested last week in such an operation. They allegedly thought they were planning a home invasion in Malden with ?legitimate? co-conspirators. The victim-to-be was a drug dealer. The victim-to-be was not a legal citizen. The victim- to be?did not exist. The would-be victim was simply part of a fictitious scenario created by authorities who had been investigating the Defendants. What the various law enforcement agencies (FBI, State Police and various local police departments) were really after was weapons...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on February 14, 2011 (boomark / email).