Westbury Man Indicted On Selling Multiple Illegal Guns: Prosecutors

MINEOLA, NY — A Westbury man was arraigned Friday on a 61-count indictment in connection to selling more than a dozen illegal firearms, prosecutors said.

Gerald Pierre, 40, had fled Nassau County early last year. He was arrested in Pennsylvania and extradited this week.

Among the charges Pierre faces include a count of first-degree criminal sale of a firearm, a violent felony and a count of second-degree criminal sale of a firearm, also a violent felony, according to the Nassau County District Attorney's office.

There are 28 counts of third-degree criminal sale of a criminal firearm, a violent felony.

"This defendant allegedly sold more than a dozen dangerous illegal guns in Nassau County and fled,” said D.A. Anne Donnelly. "Gerald Pierre could not outrun justice, and just over a year later, he has been charged for his alleged crimes and faces decades in prison. NCDA and its partners at the Nassau County Police Department will continue to investigate every lead to take down firearms dealers in Nassau County and stop these deadly weapons from reaching our streets, no matter how long it takes."

Pierre was remanded and is due back in court on April 26. If convicted, he faces up to 25 years in prison.

On nine separate dates between October 2020 and January 2022, according to the charges, Pierrre sold a total of 14 illegal firearms, including semi-automatic rifles, assault weapons, revolvers and pistols. Seven of those firearm sales took place in Westbury, one in Uniondale and another in Hempstead, Donnelly said.