A Lower East Side man was arrested for allegedly manufacturing ghost guns in his apartment, prosecutors announced Tuesday.
Jose Rivera, 47, was charged with six counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree; one count of an attempt to commit the crime of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree; 12 counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree; five counts of criminal possession of a firearm; five counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree; two counts of endangering the welfare of a child; and one count of unlawful possession of ammunition.
“Ghost guns are the fastest-growing public-safety threat in our city and our nation,” said NYPD Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell. “Today’s charges reflect the promise we made to all the people we serve: that the NYPD and our law enforcement partners will continue seizing all manner of illegal firearms and arresting anyone who makes, possesses, or uses them. Our job is to keep people safe, and we vow to do everything possible to fulfill that mission.
On Sept. 22, 2022, the NYPD and New York State Police executed a search warrant at Rivera’s Lower East Side apartment. During the search, authorities allegedly found six fully assembled ghost guns, three of which were loaded with high-capacity magazines, as well as 200 rounds of ammunition and five major components. Rivera allegedly made two of the guns into assault weapons, and some of the firearms appeared to have been manufactured using the Ghost Gunner-3 machine from raw blocks of aluminum.
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