Two men were indicted for allegedly possessing and selling firearms, including ghost guns, in Nassau County between April and May.
Between April and May, Rubenny Torres Duran allegedly sold four firearms on three separate dates in Freeport and Baldwin. The firearms — three semiautomatic pistols and one ghost gun — were allegedly trafficked into Nassau County from Pennsylvania. He sold the loaded semiautomatic pistols for between $900 and $1,540 each.
Torres Duran and Jose Torres Moncion, his cousin, were arrested in Baldwin on June 11 by officers of the Nassau County Police Department. The vehicle, driven by Torres Moncion, was parked in a parking lot on Grand Avenue.
Five ghost guns, including four nine-millimeter semiautomatic pistols and an assault rifle, were recovered from the vehicle’s trunk. Large-capacity ammunition feeding devices for the assault rifle and one of the semiautomatic pistols were also found in the vehicle’s trunk.
Nassau County law enforcement has seized approximately 149 crime guns through June.
Rubenny Torres Duran, 29, of Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, and Jose Torres Moncion, 29, of Kings County, New York, were arraigned on July 29, 2025, and August 4, 2025, respectively, before Judge Helene Gugerty on charges of:
- Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the First Degree (a Class B violent felony)
- Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the Second Degree (a Class C violent felony)
- Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a Class felony)
- 12 counts of Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the Third Degree (a Class D felony)
- Four counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree (a Class D felony)
- Five counts of Criminal Sale of a Ghost Gun in the Second Degree (a Class E felony)
- Five counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree (a Class A misdemeanor)
- Five counts of Criminal Possession of a Firearm (a Class E felony)
Torres Duran was additionally charged with the eight counts of Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the Third Degree (a Class D felony); four counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (a Class C felony); Criminal Sale of a Ghost Gun in the Second Degree (a Class E felony); and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree (a Class A misdemeanor).
Both defendants pleaded not guilty. Torres Duran’s bail was set at $300,000 cash, $750,000 bond, and $1.25 million partially secured bond. Torres Moncion’s bail was set at $100,000 cash, $200,000 bond, and $500,000 partially secured bond.
Torres Duran is due back in court on September 9, 2025. Torres Moncion is due back in court on September 10, 2025. If convicted, both defendants each face up to 25 years in prison.
“My office has zero tolerance for illegal gun sales in Nassau County and the trafficking of dangerous untraceable ghost guns specifically designed to dodge law enforcement detection,” said DA Donnelly. “These two defendants, cousins working together to allegedly deal firearms in our communities, put lives at risk. Trafficking in our communities must stop, and I am committed to continuing the important work of ending the flow of these illegal weapons into the county with our local and federal law enforcement partners and holding offenders accountable who make our neighborhoods less safe.”