DENVILLE TOWNSHIP, NJ (Morris County) – A Morris County man has been arrested on charges related to the unlawful sale and possession of firearms, according to Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll.
Robert H. Klaar, 54, of Denville Township allegedly sold a defaced shotgun during Jan. 2024 in Denville Township, Carroll said.
During the subsequent execution of a search warrant on Klaar’s residence in Denville Township, approximately seventeen firearms which consisted of rifles and handguns were seized. Officers also seized two firearm silencers and observed evidence of Klaar’s manufacturing of these prohibited devices, including assembly manuals, Carroll said.
Officers also seized $17,000 in currency, high-capacity magazines, numerous rounds of hollow point ammunition, approximately two pounds of marijuana, and drug paraphernalia were also seized, Carroll said.
Klaar was taken into custody following a motor vehicle stop on Feb. 6 by members of the Special Enforcement Unit and Denville Police Department.
Klaar was charged with second-degree possession of firearms while in the course of committing a CDS crime, third-degree possession of CDS with intent to distribute, third-degree possession of a loaded rifle, third-degree conspiracy to deface firearms, third-degree money laundering, third-degree defacing of firearms, fourth-degree possession of a defaced firearm, fourth-degree unlawful possession of CDS, fourth-degree manufacture, transport, and disposition of firearm silencers, and fourth-degree unlawful distribution of a defaced firearm.
Klaar was released under pre-trial supervision with conditions.
