Columbia, NJ – Joseph Palumbo Jr., a 33-year-old man from Columbia, NJ, has been arrested on charges of unlawfully manufacturing and selling firearms without serial numbers, known as ghost guns. The arrest was announced by Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, along with officials from Warren County and Denville.
Palumbo is accused of engaging in the illegal manufacture and sales of ghost guns, particularly assault firearms, between December 2023 and February 2024 in Morris and Warren Counties. He was apprehended following a motor vehicle stop on February 8, 2024. The sales allegedly included one homemade handgun and five AR platform assault firearms without serial numbers, as well as two large-capacity magazines.
A search warrant executed at Palumbo Jr.’s residence uncovered a suspected ghost gun manufacturing setup in his basement. Additional searches at his barbershop and vehicle led to the seizure of two more homemade AR platform assault firearms, around 36 firearms, numerous components for manufacturing firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and about three firearm silencers.
