North Carolina man arrested for selling guns in Brooklyn
A 24-year-old man from North Carolina was arraigned on a 115-count indictment for allegedly trafficking 33 guns from North Carolina and selling them in Brooklyn, acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced on Tuesday.
“The pistols and revolvers that were recovered as part of this investigation are exactly the type of guns that are used to commit violence on our streets,” Gonzalez said in a statement. “Keeping such weapons — purchased legally in southern states but possessed illegally in Brooklyn — out of the hands of criminals undoubtedly saves lives, so I am determined to continue working with the NYPD to identify out-of-state firearms traffickers and to bring them to justice in Brooklyn.”
Marcus Gamble, of Charlotte North Carolina, was arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Foley and was charged with first-, second, and third-degree criminal sale of a firearm, first-, second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and related charges. He was ordered held without bail.
Officials said that Gamble sold 25 of the firearms to an undercover police officer on two occasions in December and was arrested with eight additional guns and assault rifle parts before completing a third transaction. Officials said that the initial 25 guns sold were worth about $27,000. The transactions took place inside a car near Flatbush Avenue and Maple Street in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.