Man Sentenced For Firing Shots From LI Apartment: DA

MASSAPEQUA, NY — A North Massapequa man was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for illegally possessing 18 firearms and firing dozens of shots from his basement apartment in 2023, prosecutors announced.

Steven Frigand, 58, pleaded guilty on July 29, to first-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and first-degree reckless endangerment.

"Steven Frigand willfully ignored the safety of his neighbors when he fired a gun from his basement dozens of times in the middle of the night – with one of those shots buzzing just over a child asleep in his bedroom in the home next door," Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said. “This defendant’s actions were extremely reckless, and fortunately did not result in any injuries. The shots led investigators to an alarming trove of illegal weapons and a pound of cocaine."

On August 20, 2023, at approximately 12:45 a.m., Frigand fired dozens of shots from his basement apartment at 2 Sussex Avenue in North Massapequa, according to Donnelly.

Several of the shots hit a home behind the address. Others went through a fence and hit a neighboring house. Two bullets entered the home next door, one of which narrowly missed a child who was asleep in his bed, as well as the homeowner who had gone to check on the child, the D.A.'s office said.

During a search warrant later that day, police recovered:

• 18 weapons, including six assault rifles, seven additional rifles, four shotguns and a revolver
• 40 high-capacity magazines
• Hundreds of rounds of ammunition
• Multiple shell casings, bullets, and bullet fragments
• More than 27 ounces of cocaine and drug paraphernalia