Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — A firstofitskind conviction in New York state was announced Thursday.

Federal prosecutors announced David RiveraRuiz of Rochester was convicted by a jury on multiple drug and gun charges after he was reportedly found in possession of an illegal machine gun conversion device. He was convicted on five separate counts, most notably, "possession of a machine gun in furtherance of a drug crime. It is the first time a defendant has been convicted on that particular charge in the Western District of New York.

"We take these types of crimes very, very seriously," said U.S. Attorney Trini Ross, "If anyone in this community thinks it is okay to have a Glock switch, to turn a gun into a machine gun, it's not okay, and if you do that, we'll prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law."

In October 2022, authorities executed a search warrant at a home on North Clinton Avenue, where they say they found RiveraRuiz with a large amount of fentanyl and cocaine and had thrown a bag out of a window containing two illegal weapons with extended magazines capable of holding multiple rounds of ammunition. One of the magazines was loaded with 29 rounds. A .9mm handgun in the bag was modified with a conversion device that made the weapon fully automatic.

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