Weymouth Man Charged with Having Several Guns, Hundreds of Rounds of Ammunition

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Weymouth, MA—A Weymouth man prohibited from owning ammunition and firearms faces multiple weapons charges.

Robert Kurtzer, 36 was detained pending a detention hearing in U.S. District Court in Boston. He is charged with one count of being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

According to a criminal complaint, Kurtzer has been under federal surveillance for the past two months. On July 12, police pulled over Kurtzer for a traffic violation. After the officer observed a large knife and pepper spray on Kurtzer, he was asked if there were weapons in the vehicle, he replied "lots of them." During a search, the officer allegedly found a 10.5 inch Smith and Wesson fixed blade knife, a canister of Sabre Red O/C spray, a .300 AAC BLK caliber bullet, several rounds of .22 caliber long rifle ammunition, and seven rounds of .45 caliber Winchester ammunition.

A search of his Memorial Drive home produced two AR15-style assault rifles with optic scopes at the top, a Marlin bolt-action rifle with an obliterated serial number, two handguns, numerous weapons parts for use in the assembly of assault rifles and handguns, one firearm silencer, approximately six unfinished, partly assembled firearm silencers, numerous rounds of various ammunition, milling machinery used to manufacture handguns and rifles, and approximately 671 rounds of assorted ammunition.

Kurtzer faces up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised released, and a fine of $250,000.

Kurtzer is due back in court for a detention hearing on July 19.

Information in this article is from the U.S. Attorney's office. Arrests and charges mentioned don't imply conviction.