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Oswego, NY -- Two Onondaga County men were arrested Thursday evening in Oswego, charged with selling two assault-style rifles and a silencer to an undercover police officer.

Oswego police said an undercover officer set up a deal to buy two assault-type weapons from Kiel S. Dudley, 21, of 7099 Coventry Road South, East Syracuse, and Anthony T. Longo, 21, of 3944 Merganser Dr., Clay.

"Several hours later the defendants met with the undercover police officer in a parking area, just north of Leto Island, along State Route 481 in the City of Oswego," police said.

There, police said, Dudley and Longo sold a loaded .22 caliber assault rifle "with an attached silencer" and a loaded Izmash Saiga .223 caliber assault weapon to the undercover officer.

After the guns were purchased, Oswego Police Department's special response team took the two men into custody without incident, police said.

Dudley and Longo were each charged with two counts second-degree criminal possession of a loaded weapon, two counts of criminal possession of an assault weapon in the third degree, two counts of criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree and one count of criminal possession of a firearm silencer. All the charges are felonies.

This morning, Dudley and Longo were being held at the Oswego City Police Department awaiting arraignment on the charges.

Contact Charles McChesney at cmcchesney@syracuse.com.