Firearms Investigation That Led To Prison Assisted By Levittown Police

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — The investigation that led to a 5-to-10-year sentence for a felon for illegally possessing two firearms, one a ghost gun, got an assist from the Bristol and Middletown township police departments.

Scott Allen McCaughey, 65, was arrested after an April 28 search of his home in the 4900 block of Durham Road in Plumstead Township turned up weapons he was not allowed to possess based on prior convictions, including a 1980 felony conviction for robbery, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.

A multi-agency investigation led to the search of McCaughey's home where police found a semiautomatic M4-style “ghost gun” rifle and a bolt-action rifle.

McCaughey pleaded guilty on Sept. 15 to two counts of prohibited possession of a firearm for the guns found at his home and two additional counts of prohibited possession of a firearm for two mostly-completed assault-style rifle frames/receivers.

He was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Charissa J. Liller last week.

McCaughey admitted to knowingly possessing the firearms illegally based on his prior convictions, according to a criminal complaint.

The search of his home also uncovered milling equipment McCaughey used in the manufacture of firearms, parts to manufacture more firearms, and ammunition and magazines, investigators said.

This investigation was led by Detective William Mooney of the Plumstead Township Police Department and Officer Stephen Pekach of the Bedminster Township Police Department.

They were assisted by the Bristol Township Police, Middletown Township Police, Plumstead Township Police, Bedminster Township Police, Bucks County Detectives, Quakertown Borough Police, Solebury Township Police, Doylestown Township Police, Central Bucks Special Response Team, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office, and the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, Bureau of Narcotics.

Deputy District Attorney David A. Keightly Jr. prosecuted the case.