Bronx District Attorney Darcel D. Clark announced on Tuesday, April 26, that a Norwood man has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon for possessing six “ghost guns,” assault-style rifles that he built from parts, along with components to assemble two more guns.

According to the investigation, on November 20, inside the Norwood home of Peter Rivera, 67, the defendant, of 300 Reservoir Place, a search warrant was executed in which investigators recovered six completed assault-style rifles, none with serial numbers, as well as firearm components capable of being assembled into at least two other assault-style rifles. Investigators also found numerous imitation pistols, unfinished receivers, and a work bench and tools for the construction of guns. Rivera had purchased the weapon parts online.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Jesse Hudson and former Assistant District Attorney Peter D’Angelo of the organized criminal activity bureau, under the supervision of Newton Mendys, chief of the organized criminal activity bureau, and under the overall supervision of Denise Kodjo, deputy chief of the investigations division, and Wanda Perez-Maldonado, chief of the investigations division.

The district attorney thanked NYPD Detective Victor Cardona of the criminal intelligence section for his assistance in the investigation.