Police recover cache of ghost-gun parts in Cairo

CAIRO — Police raided the home of a Greene County man suspected of illegally manufacturing firearms Tuesday morning.

Deputies from the Greene County Sheriff’s Office executed the warrant at about 8:50 a.m. on the home on Main Street, where they allegedly found an assault weapon and various gun parts.

They found a loaded short-barreled AR-15 rifle with components from a 3D printer, a high-capacity magazine, “numerous” 3D printer frames for Ar-15style rifles, a 3D-printed handgun frame, magazines, ammunition, suppressor attachments, and template blocks for handguns and rifles, according to the sheriff ’s office.

The sheriff ’s office previously recovered a 3D printer, suppressors, and a 3Dprinted handgun frame from the residence after an “incident” at the home, according to Capt. Tracey Quinn.

The 33-year-old suspect was charged with eight felonies. The highest count brings a maximum of 15 years in prison.

Quinn said no further charges were expected in the case. The man is not suspected of selling firearms, though Quinn said she did not know what the man ultimately was planning to do with them.

The suspect was arraigned in the town of Cairo court and sent to the Greene County jail without the possibility of getting out on bail.

Over the last few years, “ghost guns” — untraceable firearms that are assembled from parts bought online or produced from 3D printers — have proliferated in the U.S. The guns have no serial numbers and are unregistered, making them attractive to convicted felons and others who can not legally purchase firearms.