North Kingstown man found guilty of 3D printing ghost guns

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said Wednesday that a North Kingstown man was found guilty of 3D printing ghost guns last month.

Neronha said that 30-year-old Nicholas Dailey plead nolo contendere to two counts of manufacturing and possessing a ghost gun, produced by a 3D printing process.

Dailey was sentenced to four years, with one year to serve at the Adult Correctional Institution and a three-year suspended sentence.

Warwick police searched Dailey’s vehicle on May 4, 2021, after getting a tip that he had ghost guns.

During the search, investigators found two fully loaded pistol magazines. They noticed that the magazines didn’t have any manufacturers markings on them, and that the material they were made of had markings from a 3D printer.

Dailey admitted to officers that he had two 3D printed handguns at his North Kingstown home. Investigators later seized the two guns during a search of the home.

“Since ghost guns were banned in Rhode Island in mid-2020, our office has prosecuted nearly 50 cases where these untraceable firearms are being found in the hands of individuals involved in criminal activity,” said Neronha.