Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News) - A recent Minnesota Supreme Court ruling regarding so-called “ghost guns” has led to the dismissal of a felony charge against a Rochester man.

The criminal complaint was filed in Olmsted County Court in April against 21-year-old Thout Nathaan Aguek. The court document indicates the case began as a response to a disorderly conduct call on April 2 at a home in northwest Rochester. The responding officers reported finding a loaded firearm magazine and the upper receiver of a gun.

A week later, Rochester police returned to the residence and found the matching parts of the gun and two additional loaded magazines in different areas of the home. The criminal complaint stated that part of the gun found by police did not have a serial number, and Aguek was charged with illegal possession of a firearm with no serial number.

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The recent Minnesota Supreme Court ruling overturned the conviction of a man in a similar case. In State v. Vagle, the court decided that state gun laws do not apply to privately built guns that are not required to have a serial number under federal law.

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