Police honeypot traps suspected guitar thief

Boston police set up a fake store in the city’s Downtown Crossing area to catch would-be Grinches red-handed. One of the men arrested is accused of stealing guitars.

As part of operation “Men In Blue”, two undercover police officers posed as the owners of M.I.B. Jewelers at 365 Washington St. The store appeared to be a jewelry and electronics repair shop that was also willing to buy stolen goods.

Four people were arraigned in the Central Division of the Boston Municipal Court as a result of the operation.

The man was arraigned on three counts of receiving stolen property over $250 in connection with the Dec. 9 theft of three bass guitars from a home on Turtle Pond Parkway. He is expected to return to court on that case on Jan. 31.

Source: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/