Port Jervis Man Prints Guns, Gets Prison Sentence

PORT JERVIS, NY — An Orange County man who made guns using a 3-D printer found out how long he will be spending in prison for having illegal weapons.

Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said Monday that Noah James McCagg, 22, of Port Jervis was sentenced to 10 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision in relation to his guilty plea to second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Prosecutors said, after conducting a joint narcotics investigation with the Orange County Drug Task Force, members of the City of Port Jervis Police Department engaged in a foot pursuit with McCagg on March 25 on Front Street in Port Jervis.

There, they recovered a loaded 9mm pistol and arrested McCagg.

An investigation found that he had created the pistol in his home using a 3-D printer.

In addition to the loaded pistol McCagg had, police also recovered a 3-D printer that he used to create operable firearms similar to the one he was possessing on Front Street.

The district attorney’s office said these homemade guns, which bear no serial numbers, are commonly referred to as ghost guns and are increasingly found during the course of narcotics investigations. The lower part of the pistols can be created out of nylon and plastics using the 3-D printer. Those creating the illegal ghost guns add other gun components including barrels and trigger assemblies which are purchased separately.

When combined these create fully functional pistols, authorities said.

The printer and gun components were recovered during the execution of a search warrant at McCagg’s home by the Port Jervis police, who were aided by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations Group, and the Town of Deerpark Police Department.

Hoovler said that untraceable ghost guns, illegally possessed by drug dealers, contribute to violent crime in Orange County.

“Our dedicated pursuit of violent offenders does not include the vast majority of gun owners who lawfully and safely possess legal firearms,” he said. “Instead, those who carry weapons to further their illicit other crimes deserve punishment like the sentence imposed in this case.”