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Agent Kevin Almonte is the overarching antagonist of the Law & Order season finale "Invaders". Almonte is a dirty DEA agent involved in the operations of Ricky Robinson and Vincent Mulkowsky, a duo of violent killers with whom Almonte robs drug dealers, using copies of Almonte's own badge as a cover.
He was portrayed by English actor Ritchie Coster, who also portrayed Mark Bruner in an earlier episode, Carlo Parisi in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Simon Matic in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Arthur Blisterman in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Biography[]
Almonte, Robinson, and Mulkowsky formed an alliance to raid stash houses, using fake badges modeled off Almonte's by fraudster Frank Andreas, Almonte tipping off Robinson and Mulkowsky to the best locations for scores. The duo also killed three dealers on Dyckman Street by suffocating them with plastic bags. A.D.A. Alexandra Borgia spearheaded the operations to take down the group, having gotten Frank to take a deal to testify. Taking down Frank wasn't enough for Almonte, so he blackmailed Ernie Hencken with charging his brother on drug charges if Ernie didn't fabricate records in Borgia's bank information to make it look like she was taking bribes. Almonte then tipped off Robinson and Muklowsky about Frank's deal with Borgia, so they took Frank's entire family hostage. When he didn't return, Frank's mother, wife, and children were similarly suffocated. Borgia was then kidnapped and tortured by beating to have her reveal Frank's location. When she refused, she was forced into the trunk of a car and choked on her vomit she aspirated while still gagged.
Almonte consistently stonewalls the police, and once he's arrested for computer crimes for the fake bribery, he lawyers up. Desperate to get Borgias killers, the prosecution arranges an unofficial "mock trial" to pressure Almonte with the most severe charges, hoping he'd plead down and give up Robinson and Mulkowsky, but Almonte was too brazen to convince. The prosecution tricks him into calling the killers through a smuggled cellphone with false information on Frank's location. It proves his guilt, but Robinson and Mulkowsky escape. The prosecution then makes the very risky move of releasing Almonte so he reconvenes with the killers, hoping they believe he sold them out. It worked, and Robinson and Mulkowsky shot Almonte dead mere seconds before their own arrests.
Trivia[]
- Almonte and his accomplices are inspired by New York City's history of armed robberies and murders of drug dealers in the 1990s by killers disguising themselves as DEA agents to execute the attacks and robberies.
- Almonte's simulated prosecution is inspired by Maurice Nadjari's simulated prosecution motion during the People v. Rao case, which was mentioned by name in the episode.
