Harlem Dad Allegedly Built Ghost Gun Cache in His Apartment, Tested Weapons in Central Park: DA

Metro

By Katherine Donlevy

A Harlem father allegedly built ghost guns in the apartment he shared with his children and tested the dangerous weapons in Central Park, prosecutors say.

Roberto Guerrero, 29, was indicted Tuesday for allegedly making a cache of weapons using a 3D printer and advertising them online through his own videos, according to the U.S. District Attorney's Office. Manhattan.

New York police descended on Guerrero's home shortly after 6 a.m. on May 20 and found a trove of ghost guns and unsecured parts hidden throughout the apartment, including some placed in boxes and boxes. cardboard bags, prosecutors said.

“As has been alleged, Roberto Guerrero threatened the safety of all New Yorkers, including his own children, when he decided to manufacture and store 3D printed weapons – some of which were fully operational – at him,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said. A declaration.

Investigators recovered a 3D printed pistol with a magazine loaded with seven rounds; a 3D printed assault weapon style pistol; 30 3D-printed pistol lower receivers – including one modeled after a traditional AR-15 – and a high-capacity ammo feeder, plus other weapon assembly supplies like filament and other tools.

Prosecutors say Guerrero has been manufacturing these weapons since September 2023 and selling the illegal firearms through several online retailers under various aliases.

He allegedly advertised his creations through self-produced videos, including five clips he filmed of himself shooting guns in Central Park.

Prosecutors say Guerrero's wife was involved in the ghost gun operation and was charged separately for allegedly helping to make it.

Their children saw the cops enter the house and arrest the couple.

Guerrero was charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon; manufacturing and transporting weapons and criminal possession of a firearm, all misdemeanors.

He also faces misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of a weapon, failure to store weapons safely, endangering the welfare of a child and illegal possession of ammunition.