By Kimone Witter
A 30-year-old Jamaican man was on Thursday sentenced in a United States District Court in Connecticut to 18 months imprisonment for fabricating 'ghost guns'.
These are homemade firearms that do not contain serial numbers or other identifying markings which prevent them from being traced to the owner, seller or manufacturer of the firearm.
Audley Reeves and his co-accused John Lee Ortiz were arrested on January 5 this year, following an investigation by the FBI's Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force.
At Reeves' apartment in East Hartford, investigators found six fully assembled firearms, approximately 25 partially assembled firearms, three high-capacity magazines, various firearm parts, and tools used to construct firearms.
Investigators further revealed that Reeves was present in the apartment at the time of the search, and a 3D printer in the apartment was in the process of printing a stock of an AR-15 style rifle.
The Jamaican pleaded guilty on August 24 to engaging in the business of manufacturing firearms without a licence.
His prison term will begin on January 6 next year.
Reeves' co-accused is to be sentenced in February.
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