(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney today announced that Bryan Bennett, 36, of Saint James, was indicted for Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the First Degree, and several related charges, for allegedly selling multiple untraceable guns to undercover officers of the Suffolk County Police Department and possessing illegal firearms, including assault weapons and firearms with 3-D printed parts.
“This defendant allegedly built and sold illegal firearms with no regard for where they would end up or who would be harmed,” said District Attorney Tierney. “Any one of these could have been used to commit criminal activity. Thank you to the Suffolk detectives who took these illegal firearms off our streets.”
According to the investigation, between March 2024 and January 2026, on three separate occasions, the defendant allegedly sold approximately 12 untraceable guns to an undercover officer of the Suffolk County Police Department, in exchange for $12,500.
On February 25, 2026, the defendant was arrested and allegedly in possession of five illegal firearms.
Search warrants were executed at two residences utilized by the defendant, where investigators allegedly recovered approximately 10 assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition magazines, a 3-D printer, polymer materials, and tools used in the assembly of firearms.
On March 31, 2026, Bryan Bennett was arraigned on the indictment before Acting Supreme Court Justice Philip Goglas on the following charges:
- Two Counts of Criminal Sale of a Firearm in the First Degree, Class B felonies;
- One Count of Criminal Sale of Firearm in the Second Degree, a Class C felony;
- Fifteen Counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, Class C felonies;
- Four Counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Third Degree, Class D felonies; and
- One Count of Criminal Possession of a Firearm, a Class E felony.
Justice Goglas ordered Bennett held on $1,000,000 cash, $5,000,000 bond or $10,000,000 partially secured bond during the pendency of the case. Bennett is due back in court on May 11, 2026, and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the top count. He is being represented by Anthony LaPinta, Esq.
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Carey Ng of the Major Crime Bureau, and the investigation was conducted by detectives from the Suffolk County Police Department’s District Attorney’s Detective Squad.
