NYPD Seizes 80 Guns from Staten Island Home

NEW YORK (AP) - Police say they've seized 80 firearms in a raid on a Staten Island house and they've made one arrest. Officers executed a search warrant around noon Tuesday and discovered the weapons -- mostly handguns, rifles and stun guns.

Police also confiscated ammunition for the guns.

Authorities took 54-year-old Gary Granato into custody. He has been charged with weapons possession.

It wasn't immediately clear if Granato has a lawyer.

Investigators say it appears Granato had been buying the guns over the Internet.

NYPD BLOTTER

On Tuesday 03/03/09, at approximately 12:00, members of the NYPD's Firearms Suppression Division executed a search warrant at 864 Jewett Ave., within the confines of the 120 PCT. Upon conclusion of the warrant, a total of 80 firearms had been seized from within the home. One individual was taken into police custody and charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon.

Arrested: Granato, Gary, 54
864 Jewett Ave.
Staten Island, New York