Suffolk County police arrested a man in Brentwood for criminal manufacture of multiple firearms and possession of multiple guns and ammunition.
Brandon Marquez was driving a 2020 Acura on Brentwood Road on January 30, when he was pulled over for a traffic stop for driving with an expired registration by Third Precinct Anti-Crime officers, at approximately 10:20 p.m. They then discovered an illegal weapon on him, along with a large-capacity magazine.
Further investigation and a search of Marquez’s residence, located at 210 Clift Street, Central Islip, resulted in the seizure of two assault rifles with magazines, a 3D printer with a computer, six ghost gun-type receivers (or frames), a quantity of ammunition, and 3D printing material.
Third Squad detectives charged Marquez, 23, with six counts of Criminal Manufacture of an Undetectable Firearm, six counts of Criminal Possession of an Undetectable Firearm, two counts of
third-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon (assault rifles), and the initial charges of second-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon (for the loaded firearm) and third-degree Criminal Possession of a Weapon (for the large capacity magazine).
Marquez was held overnight at the Third Precinct and scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on January 31.