Cops found kids sleeping, sitting on a gun — now, 2 Atlantic City, NJ, men are off to prison

Two Atlantic City men are headed to state prison after being found with a stash of guns in 2021.

The Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office says on Thursday, 33-year-old Robert Caro-Green and 31-year-old Lenardo Caro were each sentenced to six years behind bars with a 42-month period of parole ineligibility following plea agreements for unlawfully possessing handguns without permits.

Search Warrant Yields Guns in Atlantic City, NJ

Back on September 24th, 2021, officers with the Atlantic City Police Department executed a no-knock search warrant at 1536 Mediterranean Avenue.

Upon searching the home, cops found a Polymer 80 ghost gun (a weapon without a serial number) loaded with ammunition under the living room sofa — a 13-year-old was sleeping on top of the weapon on the couch while two other juveniles were sitting on top of it.

Authorities say they also found a Tec-9 machine gun which was defaced, a Polymer 80 9mm ghost gun, two extended handgun magazines loaded with ammunition, two compact-sized magazines loaded with ammunition, boxes of ammunition, handgun molding kits, heat sealer bags, a heat sealer machine, CDS paraphernalia, and a safe containing a large amount of marijuana.

Assistant Prosecutor David Little represented the State in this matter. The Atlantic City Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit conducted the investigation.