Police officer charged with making & selling guns in NY

[M-Quigley]

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A police officer with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has been arrested on charges of manufacturing guns at his upstate home and selling them to motorcycle gang members.

Thirty-eight-year-old Gregg Marinelli is also charged with tipping off a suspect in a major drug investigation, state police and the Orange County district attorney's office said.

Marinelli, a sergeant in the DEP police, was arrested Thursday at his home in Plattekill.

Police say Marinelli assembled dozens of handguns and assault rifles and sold them to "individuals who are legally barred from possessing such weapons" including members of outlaw motorcycle clubs. Many of the guns Marinelli sold had no serial numbers and would be difficult to trace, authorities said.

Plattekill is about 75 miles north of New York City. The city DEP deploys officers to the area to protect the city's water supply system.

[WestonDon]

I can see a cottage industry like this ramping up as firearms laws become more restrictive. Probably exists on a pretty large scale already.