4 Accused Of Selling Ghost Guns, Firearms Trafficking In Ocean County

Toms River Patch

TRENTON, NJ — Four Ocean County men are accused of trafficking in firearms, including so-called "ghost guns," U.S. Attorney Phillip Sellinger announced.

James Hyres, 38, and Edward W. Trost, 36, both of Toms River; Dennis McMickle, 35, of Brick, and James Opalenik, 51, of Ocean Gate, are charged with conspiracy to traffic in firearms and trafficking in firearms, Sellinger said.

Hyres and McMickle are also charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon, authorities said. McMickle and Opalenik are also charged with one count of unlawfully possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number, authorities said.

Hyres and Opalenik were arrested Monday in Ocean County, the U.S. Attorney's office said. McMickle was arrested May 20 in Monmouth County on unrelated charges and is being held in the Monmouth County jail, and Trost has been in the Ocean County jail since July 7 on unrelated charges.

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