NEW YORK, NY – Yesterday, Andrew Chang, 35, of Bayside, Queens, pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree stemming from a March 2022 ghost gun bust.
Chang was arrested after the execution of two court-authorized search warrants at his residences in Bayside Terrace led to the seizure of numerous firearms, including seven completed nine-millimeter semiautomatic ghost gun pistols, three rifles of assorted caliber, one 12-gauge shotgun, one polymer-based unfinished lower receiver, four large-capacity magazines, and approximately 2,000 rounds of various caliber ammunition.
Police also found a Dremel set, jig, plyers, drill bits, and other equipment used to manufacture ghost guns and approximately $65,000 in cash.
The charges came after a long-term, multi-agency investigation led by the District Attorney’s Crime Strategies and Intelligence Unit with the NYPD’s Major Case Field Intelligence Team and Queens District Attorney’s Office Detective Bureau. Chang is expected to be sentenced to 3 ½ years in prison and 3 years of post-release supervision on April 28 by Justice Karen Gopee.