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CT Residents Charged With Fabricating, Selling Numerous Ghost Guns CT Residents Charged With Fabricating, Selling Numerous Ghost Guns
CT Residents Charged With Fabricating, Selling Numerous Ghost Guns Two Connecticut men have been charged with federal firearms offenses related to the alleged illegal fabrication and sale of ghost guns. John Lee Ortiz, age 28, and Audley Reeves, age 30, both of East Hartford, were charged on Wednesday, Jan. 5, said Leonard C Boyle, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut. As alleged in court documents and statements made in court, in late 2021, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force learned that Ortiz and others were selling “ghost guns,” which are homemade firearms that do not contain serial numbers and can't be traced. In December 2021,…