HAWTHORNE – Westchester County Police arrested a Cortlandt man on Tuesday and charged him with manufacturing and possessing untraceable “ghost guns” in his home.
The arrest was the result of a multi-agency investigation that also involved the State Police, FBI Westchester Safe Streets Task Force, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office.
Nicholas Zito, 22, of Langeloth Drive was taken into custody at his home shortly before 9 a.m. The items seized from his residence were:
- three loaded firearms lacking serial numbers;
- four unfinished/non-serialized frames for firearms;
- 23 high-capacity ammunition magazines and ammunition.
Zito was allegedly using a 3D printer to manufacture the ghost guns, which contain no serial numbers and are untraceable when recovered following the commission of a crime.
Zito was charged with one count of criminal possession of a weapon – a loaded firearm, and several counts of criminal possession of a weapon – for possessing three or more firearms and the 23 ammo clips. Those charges are felonies.
He was also charged with four counts of criminal possession of a weapon – for the unfinished firearms as a misdemeanor.
Zito was arraigned Tuesday and remanded to the Westchester County Jail in lieu of $15,000 cash bail or a $50,000 bond.
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