NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A Brooklyn man was arrested Tuesday for using a 3D printer to manufacture components for ghost guns — weapons that can be built at home with no serial number, making them impossible to trace.
Deonte Haynes, 30, was arrested at his Brooklyn apartment with enough parts to make seven guns as well as a fully assembled firearm, police announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
He used a 3D printer on Staten Island to make the components and was also buying parts online, according to officials.
Along with the weapons, Haynes allegedly printed high capacity magazines and gun accessories.
The NYPD believes Haynes sold at least one of the guns he manufactured.
Ghost guns are increasingly popular in New York City.
"So far this year the NYPD as a whole is seeing a 325% increase in ghost guns recovered in the City of New York," said NYPD inspector Courtney Nilan earlier this month.
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