ALBANY – A Kerhonkson was sentenced on Thursday in Albany federal court to 70 months in prison and three years of supervised release for unlawful possession of a rifle as a previously convicted felon.
Bram Fox, 44, had admitted that on January 31, 2023, he possessed about 30 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition in house, including an Aero Precision M5 rifle.
Fox has felony convictions in New York and Connecticut, including a 2009 conviction for an armed bank robbery in Connecticut, that prevented him from lawfully possessing the rifle.
Fox also admitted that from October 2020 until January 2023, he purchased firearms parts from several dozen online retailers; had the items shipped to his Kerhonkson residence; and then used the firearms parts to manufacture ghost guns, non-serialized handguns and rifles. Most of the firearms he possessed on January 31, 2023, were ghost guns.
ATF agents, who searched his house on January 31, also found him in possession of tools that could be used to manufacture and modify firearms, as well as firearms parts and accessories such as frames, grips, scopes, sights and slides.
The ATF and State Police investigated the case.
