2 Arrested, Guns Seized In ‘Ghost Gun’ Raid At Harrison Home: HPD

HARRISON, NY — A raid of a West Harrison residence helped make vital inroads right into a rising variety of ghost weapons on the streets, in accordance with police.

Harrison police arrested two males and seized two firearms, following a prolonged investigation into ghost weapons and different unlawful firearms.

The law enforcement officials executed a search warrant Friday on the residence with the help of the Westchester County Police, the FBI Safe Streets Task Force and USPS Postal Inspectors.

Two unlawful firearms, two ballistic vests and a high-capacity journal had been seized on account of the raid. One of the firearms lacked a serial quantity, making it a so-called ghost gun.

“I would like to commend our officers and our partners for their successful investigation,” Harrison Police Chief John Vasta mentioned in an announcement launched Friday evening. “Our community is safer with these weapons off the streets.”

The case stemmed from an investigation launched in June 2021 by the multi-agency Real Time Crime Center (RTC). Police departments in Westchester County, together with the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, created a activity pressure to handle an inflow of ghost weapons and different unlawful firearms into the Westchester County area.

Harrison resident, Jeremiah Alicea, 19, was charged with one depend of felony sale of a firearm third diploma, a D Felony, and one depend of felony possession of a firearm, an E felony.

Yonkers resident, Nasir Haynes, 21, was charged with one depend of felony possession of a firearm, an E felony.

Both had been arraigned in Harrison Town Court and held on $25,000 money bail, $75,000 bond.