A Long Island man was arrested after allegedly trafficking guns on a street — sometimes near children and just steps away from a police station — in broad daylight, and police said he was packing heat inside diaper boxes.
Nassau County prosecutors displayed the 10 seized weapons on Wednesday, each of which they said was sold by Long Beach resident James Edwards. The sales took place in front of his apartment in a public housing community, according to prosecutors.
Neighbors told us many kids also live in the development, which is only about a block from the Long Beach police department and city hall.
But none of that slowed the gun sales, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
“Edwards would package up the weapons in duffle bags and even diaper boxes and sold them in the open in broad daylight in front of his home,” she said. “To …