Former MLB prospect now faces federal charges after being caught with dozens of ‘ghost’ guns in Stark County

STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A former MLB prospect is now facing federal charges after FBI agents said they found dozens of untraceable AR-15-style guns at his North Canton home.

Christopher Machamer, 26, was arrested last Thursday after law enforcement officers conducted a search warrant at his home and his parent’s home.

According to the FBI, the below items were discovered at Machamer’s home:

• 1 (one) fully assembled AR-15 style rifle with a barrel measuring approximately 9 ¼ inches, with an obliterated serial number

• 1 (one) AR-15 style lower receiver with an obliterated serial number

• 10 (ten) fully assembled AR-15 style rifles with barrels measuring approximately 9 ¼ inches, bearing no serial numbers

• 9 (nine) AR-15 style lower receivers, bearing no serial numbers

• 1 (one) drill press (covered and surrounded in aluminum shavings)

• 2 (two) “Ghost Gunner” brand CNC mills (both containing aluminum shavings)

• 25 (twenty-five) serialized AR-15 style lower receivers

A safe owned by Machamer was also searched at his parent’s home and the FBI said the below items were found:

• 5 (five) AR-15 style rifles

• 2 (two) short barrel shotguns

• 6 (six) handguns

• 8 (eight) suppressors

• 1 AK-47 style lower receiver

• $3,000 in United States Currency

Machamer is charged with possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, receiving or possessing an NFA Firearm not registered to the possessor in the NFRTR, and manufacturing a firearm in violation of NFA.

He had his initial appearance in federal court on Monday.

Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers, the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), the Stark County Safe Streets Task Force, Canton police, and the MEDWAY Drug Enforcement Agency all assisted in the investigation.

Machamer was drafted in 2018 by the Boston Red Sox and played for their High-A affiliate Greenville Drive until his release in 2020.