'Hit List' Found With Queens Brothers' Ghost Gun, Bomb Arsenal: DA

QUEENS, NY — A pair of Queens brothers stockpiled homemade bombs and ghost guns inside their family apartment alongside a document with a terrifying title: "Hit List."

Those were the accusations leveled against Andrew and Angelos Hatziagelis, ages 39 and 51, by prosecutors Monday as they unveiled a sprawling 130-count indictment.

The brothers' illegal arsenal was paired with a handwritten "Hit List" note, seemingly of song lyrics, that listed cops, judges, politicians, celebrities and bankers, according to photographs released by the Queens District Attorney's Office.

"Wipe out the scum," the list states.

An arsenal of homemade bombs and ghost guns was found in an Astoria apartment.

We cannot measure the number of lives that were saved, but we do know that these weapons will never hurt anyone.

Two brothers each face 25 years in prison. https://t.co/ClBp0gKmed pic.twitter.com/VAOGAt8xSN
— Queens DA Katz (@QueensDAKatz) January 29, 2024

The pair shared an Astoria apartment off 36th Avenue, across from a Con Edison power plant, with their mother and other brother, prosecutors said.

Cops raided the home Jan. 17 after an investigation into the purchase of illegal ghost guns and parts for those types of weapon, authorities said.

Inside, they found, according to a list provided by Queens prosecutors:

• Eight operational improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
• One partially constructed trip-wire IED
• Two loaded AR-15 style ghost gun assault weapons, each with a detachable magazine, muzzle compensator and threaded barrel
• Two loaded 9 mm semiautomatic ghost gun pistols
• Two loaded 9 mm semiautomatic 3D printed ghost gun pistols
• One partially constructed AK-47 style ghost gun
• Over 600 rounds of ammunition for each of the firearms above
• One 3D printer
• Three sets of body armor
• Six additional AR/pistol lower receivers
• 29 high-capacity ammunition feeding devices, 13 of which were personally manufactured utilizing a 3D printer
• Tools to assemble ghost guns
• Metal knuckles
• A radio set to the frequency of the 114th Precinct in Astoria
• Several electronic devices (phones, computer)
• Numerous notebooks containing instructions on the manufacture of explosive devices and anarchist related propaganda
• Explosive residue, and components to manufacture additional IEDs
• Nine pyrotechnic smoke bombs

The Hatziagelis brothers face criminal charges of weapons possession, sales of firearms, unlawfully dealing with fireworks, among many others, prosecutors said.

They're next set to appear in court Feb. 15 and face up to 25 years in prison, if convicted.

"The city is safer today," said Melinda Katz, district attorney for Queens, in a statement.

"We cannot measure the number of lives that were saved, but we do know that these weapons will never hurt anyone."