A San Jose teenager has been charged with multiple felony charges for allegedly manufacturing ghost guns with a 3D printer in his bedroom, prosecutors said.
Jacob Reyes, 18, who allegedly produced or partially produced 27 ghost guns using two 3D weapons printers at his family’s Peach Court home, faces charges of possession of machine gun, charges connected to the unlicensed production of firearms using a 3D printer as well as other felonies, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
“There is a black market of weapons thriving right under our noses,” said Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen. “Once again, the DA’s investigators and their law enforcement partners have taken off the streets an arsenal of untraceable, illegal, and deadly weapons.”
Proscutors added that some of the guns Reyes allegedly produced had been modified to work as machine guns. All firearms were seized by law enforcement, including one handgun that had not been produced using the printers.
Reyes’s arrest was the result of an investigation by the San Jose Police Department in collaboration with the Santa Clara County Gun Violence Task Force, which includes SJPD officers, investigators from the DA’s office and deputies from other law enforcement departments. The task force aims to confiscate firearms from criminals, mentally ill individuals and suicidal individuals.
Reyes was set to be arraigned Thursday afternoon at the Hall of Justice. If convicted, Reyes could be sentenced to prison, prosecutors added.
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