Crime & Safety

'Slave Owner's Manual,' Weapons Arsenal Found In NJ Home: Feds

Police found numbers types of weapons, drugs, and "an instruction manual for owning a slave," federal prosecutors said.

Police found numbers types of weapons, drugs, and "an instruction manual for owning a slave," federal prosecutors said.
Police found numbers types of weapons, drugs, and "an instruction manual for owning a slave," federal prosecutors said. (NJSP)

LAFAYETTE, NJ — A Sussex County man was found with an arsenal of weapons and ammunition, and white supremacist and racist propaganda during a July traffic stop, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said on Tuesday.

Joseph Rubino, 57, of Lafayette Township, faces a number of charges following the July 24 traffic stop. After New Jersey State Police found weapons and ammunition inside the car, police searched his home and found even more, Carpenito said.

Some of the weapons they found include rifles, silencers, grenade throwers, and numerous types of guns, Carpenito said. In addition to the weapons, police say they found meth, marijuana and vape cartridges. (You can find a full list, provided by federal officials, below.)

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"Rubino was also in possession of a box containing clothing and bumper stickers with 'SS Bolts,' which are common white supremacist and neo-Nazi symbols, as well as a document entitled'N****r Owner's Manual,' containing racist material and purporting to be an instruction manual for owning a slave," Carpentio said.

Rubino has been charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. He will appear in federal court in Newark at a later date, Carpenito said.

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Carpentio said aw enforcement found the following in Rubino’s car and house:

  • Intratec Arms Model TEC-DC9 semi-automatic assault handgun
  • Cobray Arms Mac-11 9mm semi-automatic assault pistol with a high-capacity magazine
  • Keltec CMR30 .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle loaded with 16 .22 caliber hollow-point cartridges
  • High Standard Derringer .22 caliber double-barrel handgun
  • Polymer 80 9mm semi-automatic handgun
  • Ithaca M-66 20-gauge single shotgun
  • Remington Model 700 .223 caliber bold action rifle with scope
  • Thompson Center .50 caliber muzzle-loading rifle with scope
  • Remington Model 870 Wingmaster 12-gauge pump shotgun
  • New England Firearms 20-gauge single shot shotgun
  • Remington Model 760 .300 Savage pump rifle
  • Glenfield Mod 60 .22 LR caliber semi-automatic rifle
  • Two sawed-off double-barrel shotgun barrels
  • Several high-capacity magazines
  • Numerous silencers
  • An assault rifle scope
  • A grenade launcher
  • A ballistics vest
  • Numerous additional ammunition of various calibers.

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