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Owners of 15 Cambridge liquor stores targeted in a recent sting operation plead guilty to selling alcohol to a minor in a hearing before the License Commission last night...
...Attorney Stephens, who was criticized for setting up the 1990 sting operation that led to former Washington Mayor Marion Barry's drug conviction, last week described the probe simply as "an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations relating to operations of the House post office and efforts to obstruct that investigation." TIME has learned, however, that investigators believe the stamp purchases make up only a small part of a larger scheme to launder campaign funds and convert them for personal use. Subpoenas issued in the case have made it clear that investigators are looking into whether lawmakers or their aides illegally...
...city-wide sting operation cracking down on alcohol sales to minors found several Harvard Square stores repeatedly violating state law, according to city licensing officials...
Joseph P. Devine, manager of the Broadway,said, "I know we got caught twice." He said hebelieves such sting operations are a fair andappropriate tactic by police and licensingofficials. Cardullo's employees refused tocomment...
...first round of the sting, 15 of thecity's 39 package stores sold liquor to a 20-yearold constable during the first half of December.Of the 15 violators, nine sold to another underageofficer in the second round of the investigation,which targeted first-round violators. Only one ofthe nine second-round violators sold to a thirdconstable, said Scali...