A St. James man was indicted for allegedly selling multiple untraceable guns to undercover officers of the Suffolk County Police Department and possessing illegal firearms, including assault weapons and firearms with 3-D printed parts.
Between March 2024 and January 2026, on three separate occasions, Bryan Bennett allegedly sold approximately 12 untraceable guns to an undercover SCPD officer in exchange for $12,500.
On February 25, 2026, Bennett, 36, was arrested and was allegedly in possession of five illegal firearms.
Search warrants were executed at two residences used by the defendant, where investigators allegedly recovered approximately 10 assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition magazines, a 3-D printer, polymer materials, and tools used in the assembly of firearms.
On March 31, 2026, Bennett, 36, was arraigned on the indictment before Acting Supreme Court Justice Philip Goglas on the following charges:
- two counts of Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the First Degree, both Class B felonies
- one count of Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the Second Degree, a Class C felony
- fifteen counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, all Class C felonies
- four counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, all Class D felonies
- one count of Criminal Possession of a Firearm, a Class E felony
“This defendant allegedly built and sold illegal firearms with no regard for where they would end up or who would be harmed,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney. “Any one of these could have been used to commit criminal activity. Thank you to the Suffolk detectives who took these illegal firearms off our streets.”
Goglas ordered Bennett held on $1,000,000 cash, $5,000,000 bond or $10,000,000 partially secured bond during the pendency of the case. Bennett is due back in court on May 11, 2026, and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the top count.