BOSTON, Jan. 9, 2015—A roomful of men denied knowledge of a handgun that had just discharged in the basement of a Dorchester home, but fingerprint testing has conclusively identified one man who allegedly handled it, Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said.

AMIN ROBINSON (D.O.B. 11/16/80) of Dorchester was arraigned in Dorchester Municipal Court today for unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm in connection with the recovery of a handgun in the basement of a neighbor’s Bradlee Street home late last year.

Assistant District Attorney Andrew Kettlewell recommended that Robinson be held on $20,000 cash bail. Judge Jonathan Tynes set bail at $2,000. At Kettlewell’s request,. Tynes also ordered Robinson to wear a GPS device and abide by a curfew if he posts that amount.

Boston Police responded to the area of a Bradlee Street residence just before midnight on Oct. 9 for a ShotSpotter activation. On arrival, they heard voices – apparently discussing a fight that had just occurred – coming from a nearby basement door.

The officers knocked on the front door in order to gain access to the basement. The homeowner said no one else was home but, when told that voices from the rear suggested otherwise, acknowledged that someone might be there. The homeowner granted the officers access to the basement.

Once inside, the officers found Robinson and five other males ranging from 14 to 30 years of age around a pool table. Inside one of its pockets was a .22 caliber Davis DM-22 handgun. That weapon was seized as evidence. Officers separated the males, individually Mirandized them, and inquired of the gunshot that brought them there and the gun they had found. All of the males denied knowledge of the handgun and claimed not to have heard any shots.

One of the men, a 27-year-old Dorchester resident, was found to have an active default warrant out of Quincy District Court. He was taken into custody. The remaining four, including Robinson, were questioned for Field Interview and Observation reports and released pending additional investigation.

Testing by the Boston Police Department’s Latent Print Unit revealed one useful print matching Robinson’s right middle finger. Based on that fingerprint, detectives obtained a warrant for his arrest and executed it on Friday.

“This kind of police doesn’t just take a gun off the street,” Conley said. “It takes the person who uses the gun off the street, and that makes Boston a safer city.”

Robinson was represented by attorney Michelle Troiano. He will appear in the Suffolk County Gun Court on Feb. 11.

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