The “mad scientist” brother of Julia Fox has been charged with a plethora of offences after police discovered a number of unsettling objects in their Manhattan apartment.
The raid early on Wednesday turned up ghost guns, bomb-making supplies, and signs of drug production.
Before Christopher Fox was charged, Thomas Fox, 65, and Christopher Fox, 30, were removed from the Upper East Side residence and placed in custody.
There were also allegedly caught unidentified pills, a pill press, fentanyl, pressure cookers, chloroform, heroin, propane, explosive materials, and formaldehyde.
Additionally, investigators found 3D printers inside the home, which they think are used to produce the ghost guns—weapons without tracable serial numbers.
Authorities reportedly received a tip from a neighbour about suspicious online deliveries to the couple’s apartment, which led to their arrest.
Thomas and Christopher Fox have no criminal histories.
They were reportedly apprehended as part of a larger NYPD investigation into the widespread use of ghost weapons in New York City.
A major case field intelligence team conducted the raid, which began at 6am. There may have also been a hazmat team present.
Christopher, Julia’s brother, has been accused of manufacturing a machine gun, a rapid-fire modified device, and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
He was also charged with manufacture of a dangerous instrument, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, and criminal possession of drug paraphilia due to the materials discovered in his apartment.
In a 2019 interview with High Snobiety, Julia claimed that she rarely sees her father and her “recluse” brother, a “mad scientist,” who she referred to as her father.
‘The NYPD’s Ghost Gun Team seized several ghost gun parts as well as equipment for pressing narcotics pills,’ a spokesperson for the NYPD said following the raid.
‘Team members also discovered materials typically used as components in explosives, including pressure cookers and various chemicals, which can also be used for manufacturing narcotics.’
While a series of troubling items, including bomb making materials, were discovered in the apartment, authorities say they do not believe there is a threat to the public.
‘At this time, the matter is believed to be contained, with no apparent nexus to terrorism,’ the spokesperson added.
‘The NYPD will continue to fight relentlessly against illegal guns – against both the steady proliferation of traditionally-manufactured firearms and the increasingly prevalent numbers of illegal, untraceable but fully functioning weapons known as ghost guns.’
Also included in the trove of illegal materials was thousands of dollars of luxury bottles of wine.
The actress, 32, is not believed to have any knowledge of her relative’s alleged criminal activity, and was reportedly not in New York at the time of the raid.
Julia, speaking about her relatives in the 2019 interview, described her brother as a ‘recluse’.
‘The older (brother) grew up with me in New York. He still lives here, but he’s not really around,’ she said.
‘He’s like a mad scientist recluse.’
