NYC Parks Department employee allegedly ran massive illegal gun ring

The NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney busted an illegal gun ring that ran weapons up from Georgia to New York City — with a 33-year-old Parks Department employee as the accused kingpin, officials said Tuesday. Authorities arrested five men — three city residents and two Georgia men — and seized more than three dozen “street guns” and trafficked firearms, including an AR-15 modified to appear to have a grenade launcher attachment.-- More...