Shane Prukop arrested for 3D printed firearms
{Editor's Note} The Ventura County District Attorney's Office shared that Shane Prukop was arraigned on multiple firearms-related charges on Sep. 16, 2025, where he entered a plea of not guilty to all charged counts.
The 46-year-old is not facing any narcotics-related charges in connection with his arrest on Sep. 11 of this year confirmed the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.
Prukop had his bail reduced to $50,000 during proceedings in Ventura County Superior Court on Sep. 18, 2025, and is next scheduled to appear in court for an early disposition conference on Oct. 22, 2025 added the Ventura County District Attorney's Office.
The original version of the article detailing Prukop's arrest is below.
OXNARD, Calif. (KEY-T) – West County Special Enforcement Unit deputies arrested Shane Prukop, 46, on Sept. 11 for narcotics, 3D printed firearms and ammunition possession, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
Prukop is a convicted felon and is not allowed to own firearms, ammunition and other specific weapons, according to the VCSO.
Deputies contacted Prukop at the 1500 block of Spinnaker Drive near Ventura, where they arrested him, according to the VCSO.
Deputies also found Prukop in possession of an expandable baton and pepper spray before they arrested him and booked him into the Pre-Trial Detention Facility, according to the VCSO.
Investigations continued on Sept. 12 when deputies obtained a search warrant for Prukop's storage facility in Oxnard, according to the VCSO.
Deputies found several 3D printed firearms, standard firearms, various ammunition types, body armor and equipment to make firearms with a 3D printer, according to the VCSO.
Deputies then added more counts of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person and 3D manufacturing of a firearm.
The investigation remains ongoing, and those with information on this case or similar cases of 3D firearm printing are asked to contact the following number.
