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Shops such as Broadway Market, Lil' Peach, Cardullo's and Louie's Superette--which are popular with Harvard students--were on the list of stores targeted in the city's sting...
Last night, the owners of these and the other stores listened as Cambridge police officer Michael T. McMahon, who organized the sting, described each of the employees who sold alcohol to the underage undercover constables. All but two owners agreed they recognized themselves or an employee...
Walter Sousa, manager of Prospect Liquor on Cambridge Street, shook his head as he listened to McMahon describe one sting in which two employees stood at the counter discussing the Boston Globe's article on the upcoming sting operation while selling asix-pack to a constable without asking him foridentification...
Cardullo, who operates a gourmet food store,said he was embarrassed by the sting operation."Minors don't think of coming in here. We don'tsell six packs, only bottles--no cans. Our pricesare more expensive," Cardullo said...
...Ruzzo said he believed the sting operation,whatever the motivation behind it, had done somegood. "I think it's keeping retailers on theirtoes. [These measures] might not keep minors fromtrying to buy, but it will keep them fromsucceeding," De Ruzzo said...