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Matthew Moran, 48, was released by a judge following his arrest on charges of possessing prohibited weapons and devices – namely: silencers.
Matthew Moran, 48, was “identified as a person of interest in receiving shipments of suppressors, also called silencers, meant to reduce the sound and muzzle flash generated from a gunshot,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Saturday.
Moran was targeted during a joint investigation of international arms trafficking by his office and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations in Newark, Musella said.
Moran bought the silencers from a company based in China “and smuggled [them] though the mail to his residence,” the prosecutor said.
Following a controlled delivery to his Jefferson Street home, on a quiet street around the corner from the K-8 Carlstadt Public School, members of both agencies moved in Thursday, conducted a search and arrested Moran, Musella said.
They seized “numerous firearms, high-capacity magazines, thousands of rounds of ammunition and police-issued ballistic vests,” he said.
A judge released Moran pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court on charges of possessing prohibited weapons and devices – namely: silencers.
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