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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/571281-firearms-fake-fbi-badges-found-during-raid-of-deputy-mayors-home-in-new

A New York town’s deputy mayor is facing state and federal charges after authorities say they found unregistered firearms, fake FBI badges and other fraudulent identification cards during a raid of his home last week.

According to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 47-year-old Brian Downey, the deputy mayor of Airmont, N.Y., allegedly had more than a dozen firearms displayed on a black wall in his basement, including ones which were “not registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record.”

Additionally, federal authorities alleged that Downey “possessed badges, identification cards, and other insignia, of the design prescribed by the head of a department or agency of the United States for use by officers or employees thereof.”

ADVERTISEMENT An image included in the complaint showed several law enforcement badges and ID cards, including some purporting to be official FBI badges.

The deputy mayor of the town located about 35 miles north of New York City also has been also charged by local authorities. The charges include criminal possession of 10 or more unregistered firearms, as well as counts related to the possession of 16 assault weapons and 13 firearm silencers.