{"id":101415,"date":"2026-01-15T18:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101415\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:49:13","slug":"florida-man-indicted-in-ghost-gun-trafficking-scheme-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101415\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man indicted in ghost gun trafficking scheme in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CITYWIDE \u2014 NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA James and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced on Wednesday a 71-count indictment against Lawrence Destefano, the Orlando-based owner of gun retailer Indie Guns, accused of illegally shipping firearms, ghost guns and high-capacity magazines into New York, including Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>According to the release, Destefano sold approximately 12 serialized firearms, one ghost gun kit, numerous high-capacity magazines and over 1,300 rounds of ammunition to an undercover police officer between January and May 2025. Another package, which was shipped to Brooklyn and intercepted by the United States Postal Inspection Service, contained 100 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition and a high-capacity magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors say Destefano used encrypted messaging and deceptive shipping tactics to evade detection. If convicted on the top charges, he faces up to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd5hEdpXLwpeWAPMPmcmdn--vHz1InXjphFdhedt_prXKoVFQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ultima-reader-response.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<br \/>\n<a class=\"related-articles comment-link\" style=\"clear: both;padding-top:6px;color:#6cc4e8;\" href=\"#comments\" title=\"Leave a Comment\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/346180\/court-street-underwent-a-bike-lane-redesign-now-brooklyn-merchants-are-suing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Court-st-mess-04-Mario-Belluomo-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u201cI don't know how people are going to make deliveries,\u201d said Mario Belluomo. Photo courtesy of Mario Belluomo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourt Street underwent a bike lane redesign. Now, Brooklyn merchants are suing<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 27 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/353903\/city-chooses-california-vendor-tranzito-for-citywide-bike-parking-network\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bike-storage-Tranzito-250x250.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"An example of Tranzito\u2019s small capacity bike parking. Rendering: Tranzito\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCity chooses California vendor Tranzito for citywide bike parking network<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 3 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/332385\/city-officials-release-plan-for-expanding-nyc-greenways\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Greenway-map-nyc-250x250.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"This map shows existing greenways and gaps where future greenways could be built. Map: NYC DOT\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCity officials release plan for expanding NYC greenways<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 13 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CITYWIDE \u2014 NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA James and NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced on Wednesday a 71-count&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3302,98,100,99,26454,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-101415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-breaking","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","11":"tag-brooklyn-news","12":"tag-ghost-guns","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}