Silly Mouton, one dresses as an ATF agent to start a fire:
I was relying upon the news article. After the reading the opinion, thanks for it, I see what happened.
I’ve known of ruses being used but indeed my uninformed opinion regarding a 4th violation on this was predicated upon the extent of the ruse to set the stage for entry. For instance, I don’t think it would be proper to set a building on fire so one could enter posing as a fire fighter. Talking one’s way in or accompaning an actual criminal informant insider is obviously as valid ruse. The instant situation seems somewhere in the middle of these two examples.
The totality of their misstatements did them in.
Silly Mouton, one dresses as an ATF agent to start a fire: