Queens family arrested for weapons cache

New York City News ^ | December 4, 2004 | LUIS PEREZ AND ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

[TWohlford]

Police discovered a cache of weapons in the Rockaway home of a man pulled over for speeding, police said yesterday. ...Stephen Maloney, 45, has no links to any criminal groups, police said. Rather, they said, it appears that he collects guns and that he was carrying one in his car because he felt threatened by local teens with whom he had a recent dispute. advertisement advertisement When Maloney was pulled over Friday night at Beach 100th Street and Rockaway Beach Boulevard, he had a loaded Derringer -- an old-fashioned weapon -- police said. Later, as he was being questioned at the 100th precinct stationhouse, Maloney -- dressed in military fatigues, admitted that he had more guns in his apartment, at 178 Beach 92nd St. Maloney was charged with multiple counts of criminal possession of a weapon, as were three other people in his apartment when police showed up: his wife, Debra Maloney, 50, and two other men who live in the three-family house, William Schreiber, 51, and his brother, Emil Schreiber, 44. Piekarski described Stephen Maloney as a "gun buff" and said that while it does not appear he was intent on wreaking havoc, police are glad to have recovered a significant number of guns. "We got a lot of guns off the street," Piekarski said. "Even though we feel he may not be a really bad guy, these guns can cause very serious injury or death to someone on the street." Neighbors said Stephen Maloney delivers for a nearby pizzeria. They also said he had his tires slashed about two months ago and that those who committed the vandalism had been harassing him. Kevin Reily, however, said he did not think Maloney would hurt the teens. "To be honest with you I think the guy is harmless," Reily said.

[Cold Heat]

"We got a lot of guns off the street," Piekarski said. "Even though we feel he may not be a really bad guy, these guns can cause very serious injury or death to someone on the street."

WTF!

[El Gato]

Handgun count isn't bad, but don't see how folks up north get by with only eight rifles and two shotguns per family

It's worse than that, there were three families living in the house, or at least 3 adult males. (The story is a little ambiguous on that point).

[FreedomCalls]

If it was manufactured prior to 1896 I believe it is not even classified as a "firearm" and would therefore not be illegal (at least as far as the feds and several other cities and states are concerned). Does he have a lawyer?

[JOHANNES801]

Even a single barrel muzzleloader is illegal in NYC.

[Smokin' Joe]

We got a lot of guns off the street," Piekarski said. "Even though we feel he may not be a really bad guy, these guns can cause very serious injury or death to someone on the street."

B.S. The guns were in the apartment. The Police took them out onto the street...

[teeman8r]

"i believe he is not really a bad guy"--

but now he will be defenseless in a city full of bad guys... who are now going through his collection to see what they would like to keep.

teeman8r

[Carolinamom]

What about the police doing something about those "local teens" that this man had a dispute with and felt threatened by?

[freepatriot32]

It looks like your book enemys foreign and domestic is starting to become a work of non fiction will you be changing the catagory on the 3rd printing?

[Travis McGee]

Is New York part of America at all?

[Travis McGee]

I don't know. I've got a lot to think about in the writing of Domestic Enemies though.

[najida]

Yeah,
I thought the same thing...that William and Harry had been caught with Uzis er sumtin'.

[Nailbiter]

too bad they did not find missing French explosives