Julia Fox’s ‘mad scientist’ brother has been charged with a litany of offences after heavily armed cops found an array of disturbing items in their Manhattan apartment.
Ghost guns, bomb-making materials and evidence of narcotics manufacturing were uncovered in the raid early Wednesday.
Christopher Fox, 30, and Thomas Fox, 65, were taken from the Upper East Side home and into custody before Christopher was charged.
Unidentified pills, a pill press, fentanyl, pressure cookers, chloroform, heroin, propane, explosives materials and formaldehyde were also reportedly snared.
Investigators also discovered 3D printers inside the property that they believe are used to make the ghost guns – firearms without traceable serial numbers.
Neighbors, who reported seeing dozens of cops including 15 SWAT officers raid the building before arresting the pair on the street, told DailyMail.com it did not come as a shock.
The father and brother of actress Julia Fox, pictured, have been arrested after cops raided their Manhattan apartment and found a litany of disturbing items
Julia Fox’s father, Thomas Fox, 65, was arrested along with his son, Christopher, 30, at their Upper East Side home after cops found unidentified pills, a pill press, fentanyl, pressure cookers, chloroform, heroin, propane, explosives materials and formaldehyde
Julia Fox’s reclusive brother Christopher Fox, 30, was charged on Wednesday
Ghost guns, bomb-making materials and evidence of narcotics manufacturing were uncovered in the raid of their Upper East Side apartment (pictured) early Wednesday.
‘If you were going to say someone in the building was doing something weird in their apartment, you’d be like ‘that makes sense, it’s that guy,’ a neighbor said.
Neither Christopher nor Thomas Fox have a criminal history.
Neighbors said they had not seen Christopher in years and speculated he was carrying out his operation in a padlocked room.
‘I guess he always stayed inside the apartment,’ they said. ‘I heard they let the father go because he claimed he didn’t know what the son was doing – the son was behind locked doors.
‘In my apartment I can’t lock them, so he must have padlocked himself away. How the father allowed his son to padlock a room away I have no idea.’
Their arrest reportedly came as part of a larger NYPD investigation into the proliferation of ghost guns across the Big Apple.
The raid, which was carried out at 6am, was executed by a major case field intelligence team. A hazmat team was reportedly also on the scene.
Julia’s brother Christopher has been charged with criminal possession of controlled substance, manufacture of a machine gun, and manufacture of a rapid-fire modified device.
The materials found in his apartment also led him to be charged with manufacture of a dangerous instrument, criminal possession of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm and criminal possession of drug paraphilia.
Fox, best known for breaking onto the scene in 2019 hit film Uncut Gems, once described her brother as a ‘mad scientist’ and a ‘recluse’
An example of an apartment at the Upper East Side building which was raided by the NYPD’s Ghost Gun Team
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Julia, in an interview with High Snobiety in 2019, said she does not often see her father or ‘recluse’ brother, who she described as a ‘mad scientist’.
Following the raid, an NYPD spokesperson said: ‘The NYPD’s Ghost Gun Team seized several ghost gun parts as well as equipment for pressing narcotics pills.
‘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.’
Julia was lauded by fans in January when she showed off her understated NYC apartment in a TikTok.
Julia was lauded by fans in January when she showed off her understated NYC apartment in a TikTok
The actress, who once dated Kanye West, hilariously branded her two bedroom abode ‘underwhelming’ as she revealed she sleeps in the living room alongside her friend’s ashes, keeps shoes in her kitchen and has a mice problem during the tour.
‘I never thought in a million years I would do this, but I believe in maximum transparency, and so I’m gonna give you guys an apartment tour. I know I’m going to get roasted,’ she said.
The sting operation into ghost guns comes amid a crackdown by New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Last year, he called on the Biden administration to increase funding into preventing the untraceable guns from hitting the streets.
Adams condemned the spread of the guns across the city, which he said is a growing contributor to gun violence and homicides in New York.
‘We must get ghost guns out of our communities, and those that manufacture them must be shut down,’ he said at the time.
‘The bad guys are outpacing us,’ he continued. ‘We are too slow to identify and correct the loopholes in violence.’
