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‘Lion King’ puppet specialist charged in 3-D gun case

Sep 25, 2018 | 10:15 AM

NEW YORK — A puppet specialist with the Broadway musical “The Lion King” is accused of printing a 3-D gun in the theatre’s prop room.

Ilya Vett was arrested last week on a misdemeanour charge.

A criminal complaint says a police officer observed a 3-D printer producing a “hard black plastic object” shaped like a revolver.

It says Vett told a detective that he was making a gun as a gift for his brother, who lives upstate and has a gun license.