Nashua, Manchester Felons Sent To Federal Prison On Gun, Ammo Charges

CONCORD, NH — Two felons currently living in the Granite State were sentenced to federal prison after previously pleading guilty to possessing guns in two unrelated cases.

Robert Reidy, 32, of Nashua, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison as well as three years supervised release after pleading guilty to possession of firearms, ammunition by a prohibited person, and possession of unregistered firearms. Monytung Geng “MoSavage” Maker, 27, of Manchester, received a year and a day in prison as well as three months of supervised release for a single count of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

In Reidy’s case, Nashua police reportedly recorded him selling methamphetamine out of his home in Nashua, and in some of the video recordings, guns could be seen in his bedroom in October and November 2023.

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He is a felon due to an escape from a penal institution conviction in 2017.

In December 2023, police, including a SWAT team, attempted to arrest Reidy, and a standoff ensued. Eventually, police were able to get him to surrender after launching chemical munitions into his home. Inside, a short-barreled AR-style rifle with a silencer threaded onto the barrel was found. Three disassembled firearms that appeared to have been “privately manufactured” were also found in the attic of the home along with 160 rounds of ammunition, according to court records.

Neither the rifle nor the silencer was registered — a requirement of the National Firearm Act.

Reidy’s meth case is pending in another court system.

Maker was accused of selling cocaine to confidential informants and others.

In August 2023, Manchester police executed a search warrant of his apartment and found a backpack with bank cards and a loaded 9 mm pistol with eight rounds. Maker also is a felon due to a 2019 conviction for unlawful possession of a handgun without a permit in Bergen County NJ Superior Court.

Maker’s cocaine case is also pending in state court.

U.S. Attorney Jane Young called the suspect’s drug dealing allegations while armed and being felons “a perilous combination” while also noting the danger Reidy put cops in during the multi-hour standoff and the community while possessing three ghost guns.

Maker, too, she noted, tried to flee from cops at the time of his arrest.

“The U.S. Attorney’s Office will not stand by and allow dangerous individuals to possess deadly weapons,” she said. “As demonstrated by today’s sentencings, this office will investigate and prosecute convicted felons in possession of firearms with the goal of removing them from the public in a concerted effort to make our communities safer.”

James M. Ferguson, the special agent in charge of the ATF Boston Field Division, said the org was “firmly committed” to removing drugs and guns from the hands of felons and from the streets of the Granite State.

“By dismantling trafficking networks,” he added, “targeting the proliferation of untraceable ghost guns, and collaborating with our local, state, and federal partners, we aim to create safer communities and protect citizens from the harm associated with these illegal activities.”

Both cases were part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, an effort to bring communities together with law enforcement to reduce violent crime and make neighborhoods safer.

Reidy, according to posts on Patch, has been arrested previously during the past decade on charges such as heroin possession, fentanyl possession, acts prohibited, possession of alprazolam, driving while intoxicated, disobeying a police officer, driving after revocation, and warrants.

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