BOSTON, Feb. 4, 2013—A Roxbury man was arrested with a stolen handgun after his friend caught the eye of Boston Police by drinking a bottle of beer from a brown paper bag, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

DAJUAN ROBINSON (D.O.B. 12/11/89) was arraigned today in Roxbury District Court, where Judge Pamela Dashiell imposed the $10,000 cash bail recommended by Assistant District Attorney Thomas Costello. He was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, and receiving stolen property.

Prosecutors say a Boston Police officer was on routine patrol in a marked cruiser at about 10:00 on Friday night when he observed three men standing near the corner of Dudley and Winslow streets. As he got closer to the group, the officer noted that one of them – STANLEY YOUNG (D.O.B. 8/6/56) – was drinking from a bottle in a brown bag. The officer also observed one member of the group to start walking away from the others when he spotted the cruiser.

The officer pulled alongside the group and immediately recognized Robinson from a prior incident in which a gun had been recovered. From his training and experience, the officer also recognized that Robinson’s manner of walking, in which he kept his left arm stiff and tight to his body while his right arm moved normally, was among the characteristics of an armed gunman.

The officer requested identification from Robinson, Young, and Young’s 24-year-old nephew. The latter two complied, but Robinson allegedly became nervous and presented his ID with an exaggerated reach from about five feet away from the officer, blading his stance so as to keep his left side away from the officer. The officer radioed for assistance.

Additional units responded to the scene and patted Robinson’s jacket. In the left side pocket, they immediately found a Ruger .380 semiautomatic handgun loaded with six rounds of hollow point ammunition in the magazine and one additional round in the chamber, ready to fire. When asked for his license to carry the firearm, Robinson allegedly said, “I don’t have one.”

A check on the handgun revealed that it had been stolen in Smyrna, Georgia, two years earlier.

Young will appear in court on a later date to answer on a complaint charging him with drinking in public. His nephew was not charged.

Robinson was represented by attorney Patricia Geran. He will return to court on Feb. 21.

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