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24-Year-Old Nabbed With Ghost Gun After Multi-Agency Investigation In Westchester, Police Say

A 24-year-old Westchester man was allegedly nabbed with numerous ghost guns during an inter-agency investigation.

The guns and ammo recovered during the search.

The guns and ammo recovered during the search.

Photo Credit: New Rochelle Police

The incident took place in New Rochelle around 7:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28.

According to Capt. Collins Coyne, of the New Rochelle Police, New Rochelle Police detectives, assisted by detectives from the Westchester County Police Real Time Crime Center and the FBI Safe Streets Task Force executed a search warrant for ghost guns on a New Rochelle home.

The warrant was a culmination of efforts of these agencies over a period of several months after receiving information that Jose Solano-Gaspar, age 24, was building ghost guns, Coyne said.

The investigation was part of a continuing initiative to combat illegal handguns in New Rochelle as well as Westchester County, he added.

Solano-Gaspar was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a firearm and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, police said. 

Found during the search included:

Two fully loaded ghost guns

Four incomplete handguns

  • A loaded AR-15 magazine
  • Nine loaded handgun magazines
  • Five polymer 80 kits for building ghost guns
  • Three stun guns
  • Assorted boxes of ammunition.

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