Shane Prukop arrested for 3D printed firearms and narcotic possession
Caleb Nguyen
OXNARD, Calif. (KEY-T) – West County Special Enforcement Unit deputies arrested Shane Prukop, 46, on Sept. 11 for narcotics, 3D printed firearms and ammunition possession, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Prukop is a convicted felon and is not allowed to own firearms, ammunition and other specific weapons, according to the VCSO.
Deputies contacted Prukop at the 1500 block of Spinnaker Drive near Ventura, where they arrested him, according to the VCSO.
Deputies also found Prukop in possession of an expandable baton and pepper spray before they arrested him and booked him into the Pre-Trial Detention Facility, according to the VCSO.
Investigations continued on Sept. 12 when deputies obtained a search warrant for Prukop’s storage facility in Oxnard, according to the VCSO.
Deputies found several 3D printed firearms, standard firearms, various ammunition types, body armor and equipment to make firearms with a 3D printer, according to the VCSO.
Deputies then added more counts of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and 3D manufacturing of a firearm.
The investigation remains ongoing, and those with information on this case or similar cases of 3D firearm printing are asked to contact the following number.