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http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/ag-3-suffolk-residents-arrested-in-operation-ghostbusters-probe-charged-with-illegally-trafficking-untraceable-guns-1.10582424
AG: 3 Suffolk residents arrested in 'Operation Ghostbusters' probe, charged with illegally trafficking untraceable guns
Three Suffolk County residents are facing charges they illegally assembled and sold untraceable military-grade assault weapons, state Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman said.
Thomas Weber, 31, of Lindenhurst, Antonio Himonitis, 43, and Diana Collins, 32, both of Holtsville, were arrested Thursday night on charges that they fabricated and sold the untraceable weapons -- also known as "ghost guns" -- in both Nassau and Suffolk counties, according to the attorney general's office.
The investigation, called "Operation Ghostbusters," was led by the attorney general's Organized Crime Task Force and New York State Police in response to what Schneiderman called a growing trend.
"These guns were not meant for hunting. These guns were meant for hunting people," State Police Superintendent Joseph D'Amico said Friday at a news conference in Manhattan.
The arrests mark the first time a state law enforcement agency has charged individuals with the assembly and selling of ghost guns, according to a statement by Schneiderman's office.
"Ghost guns are the next frontier of illegal firearm trafficking," Schneiderman said. "The allegations against these defendants show just how easy it is for criminals to make completely untraceable, military-grade firearms."
Weber, Himonitis and Collins are each charged with first- and third-degree criminal sale of a firearm and fourth-degree conspiracy.
Himonitis and Collins are also charged with endangering the welfare of a child because, authorities said, a child was home while the couple assembled the assault weapons. If convicted, Weber, Collins and Himonitis each face up to 25 years in prison.
According to the criminal complaint, Himonitis and Collins ordered gun parts online from different manufacturers nationwide and assembled them into at least a dozen fully functional weapons.
They then sold the finished weapons to undercover investigators posing as gun-trafficking gang members, the complaint said.
One of the undercover investigators met in April with Weber at Nassau County jail where the Lindenhurst man was serving time. Weber told the investigator that Himonitis was an Army Ranger veteran with a connection in Fort Bragg, Texas, who had access to AR-10 machine guns at a cost of $5,000 each.
Himonitis, who investigators later learned was actually a Navy deserter who never deployed and had less than a year of service time, was also an inmate in the jail at the time, the complaint said.
A day after the meeting with Weber, investigators recorded a jailhouse phone conversation between Himonitis and Collins. In the phone call Himonitis instructed Collins to search the Internet and look for parts so he could assemble the weapons for the undercover investigator after his release set for May 6, according to the complaint.
On that day, an undercover investigator met with Himonitis at a Uniondale hotel to discuss the defendant's method for assembling firearms with lower receivers, the complaint said.
Ghost guns are assembled using a firearm's key component -- the lower receiver, which is responsible for the actual "firing" of the bullet. Composed of either metal or plastic, the lower receiver is considered a firearm and is subject to firearm regulations under federal law. An incomplete lower receiver -- lacking certain holes, slots, or cavities -- is not considered a firearm, according to Schneiderman's office.
The defendants allegedly exploited this "unfinished receiver" loophole to purchase the receivers without undergoing a background check, officials said. After getting the unfinished lower receivers, the defendants then modified them into fully functional and illegal gun receivers.
UPS records from May and June 2015 showed that 19 packages from various gun manufacturers nationwide containing firearm parts were allegedly delivered to Himonitis' and Collins' home.
After turning the parts into functioning assault weapons, Himonitis sold seven of them to an undercover officer on May 20 for $12,000 cash and an agreement he'd get an additional $14,600 in installments, officials said. Once in their possession, investigators found no serial numbers on the fully operational weapons, rendering them untraceable.
Over a period of several weeks, undercover investigators purchased 12 working assault weapons from Himonitis at a Nassau County motel, authorities said.