Photo Courtesy of DA Katz
This “ghost gunner”, or CNC milling machine that gives the owner the ability to take unfinished lower receivers and convert them into components that can be further completed to build fully functioning firearms, was allegedly found in Blachowicz’s storage facility.
By Forum Staff
A Glendale man has been charged with criminal possession of weapons after search warrants executed at his home and a storage unit uncovered an arsenal of firearms and ammunition, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Saturday.
Grzegorz Blachowicz, 36, was arraigned on a 131-count complaint charging him with attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree, three counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, 26 counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, 11 counts of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, two counts of criminal possession of a firearm, 18 counts of attempted criminal possession of a firearm, 65 counts of criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device, two counts of unlawful purchase of body armor and two counts of unlawful possession of pistol ammunition.If convicted, Blachowicz faces up to 15 years in prison.
According to the charges, members of the Queens District Attorney’s office were conducting a long-term investigation into the purchase of polymer-based, unserialized firearm components by the defendant. These components are easily assembled into operable firearms without serial numbers—commonly referred to as “ghost guns”—that enable users to skirt background checks.
Last Wednesday, law enforcement officials executed a search warrant of the defendants’ multi-family Glendale residence and recovered:
- One fully assembled Polymer 80 semiautomatic assault pistol ghost gun with the ability to accept a detachable magazine and a threaded barrel;
- One Glock model rapid fire modification device;
- One 1911 model full ghost gun build kit;
- Two Beretta model ghost gun build kits;
- One large-capacity ammunition feeding device capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition;
- Fifteen additional magazines;
- Four blank model Mac-11 and Mac-10 ghost gun frames;
- Two bullet-resistant vests;
- One taser;
- Ammunition of various calibers;
- Various manuals for firearms including an M16A1 rifle, AK-47, browning hi-power pistol, SKS rifle and others;
- Tools and materials used to manufacture and/or assemble ghost guns;
Additionally, a court-authorized search warrant was later obtained and executed at a Glendale storage facility owned by Blachowicz, where law enforcement officials recovered:
- Nine complete ghost gun assault weapon build kits, with the ability to accept a detachable magazine and a threaded barrel, for four assault rifle models;
- One complete ghost gun semiautomatic 9mm assault pistol build kit, with the ability to accept a detachable magazine and a threaded barrel;
- One complete Sig Sauer 9mm pistol build kit;
- Five complete Polymer 80 semiautomatic ghost gun pistol build kits, for the following models and calibers:.45caliber, 9mm Glock 17, 9mm Glock-26, 9mm Glock-43, and.22LR-caliber;
- Two complete model AK-47 assault rifle ghost gun build kits;
- Twenty-five “solvent traps,” that can be readily made into firearm suppressors or silencers;
- Twelve unfinished lower receivers;
- One model 1911 lower receivers;
- Twenty-four assault rifle lower receivers;
- Over 207 large capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of holding more than 10 rounds of ammunition;
- Thousands of rounds of various ammunition, in the following calibers:.45 caliber, 9mm, 5.56 caliber,.22LR-caliber, 7.62 caliber, 300 blackout, 308 winmag, 12-gauge buck, and 25 caliber,
- One ghost gunner, which is a CNC milling machine that gives the owner the ability to take unfinished lower receivers and convert them into components that can be further completed to build fully functioning firearms.
If convicted, Blachowicz faces up to 15 years in prison.
