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Brothers Anthony Improta, 29, at left, and Nicholas Improta, 26, at right, face felony weapon possession charges after an NYPD raid at their home turned up three handguns, authorities allege.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Two trouble-prone Staten Island brothers -- one of whom was named as the ringleader in a racially charged 2003 attack -- are once again in hot water, after police found guns and drugs in their Prince's Bay Home, prosecutors allege.

Police got a warrant to search the Keating Street home of Anthony and Nicholas Improta, ages 29 and 26, after receiving a complaint that Nicholas had pulled a gun on a co-worker, according to a law enforcement source. That incident remains under investigation, the source said.

When officers raided the house last Thursday, they found two loaded semi-automatic pistols in the attic, inside a bag with two clips of ammo, and a third semi-automatic pistol inside a dresser in Anthony Improta's bedroom, court papers allege.

Police also found cocaine on a nightstand in Anthony Improta's bedroom.

Both brothers were present when the search was conducted, along with Nicole Rojack, 25, and Jennifer Cirillo, 19, who are also listed as occupants of the home, court papers allege.

In September 2003, Anthony Improta, then 18, was accused of leading a gang of 15 young white people who attacked an 18-year-old black woman and several of her white and Hispanic friends in Crescent Beach Park on Labor Day. Improta's group yelled racial epithets and brandished broken bottles and a sickle-like weapon, authorities alleged.

He was sentenced to four months in jail and five years of probation on felony assault charges in connection with the attack. At his sentencing, Supreme Court Justice Leonard Rienzi called Anthony Improta the group's "ringleader," but said the attack had not been shown to be racially motivated.

District Attorney Daniel Donovan conceded at the sentencing that proving a racial motive would be difficult under the legislative requirement of the state's Hate Crimes Law, adding, "Were it not for the skin color of Rachel Carter, this violent assault would not have occurred."

About a month before his sentencing, Anthony Improta suffered serious injuries when Christopher Fama, then 18, of New Springville, stabbed him repeatedly in the throat and face. Authorities said the stabbing was not connected to the Labor Day attack.

In March 2005, Anthony and Nicholas Improta were arrested along with a third man and accused of attacking a man outside a Great Kills deli. The disposition of that case against Nicholas Improta isn't available because the arrest record is sealed.

Anthony Improta pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was given a conditional discharge in that case.

But he was arrested again in April 2007 for drug possession, and a conviction landed him in state prison. He was sentenced to concurrent terms -- five years for drug possession and four years for violating his probation - and conditionally released to parole in December 2011.

In June 2006, Nicholas Improta was arrested in connection with a stabbing that took place during a brawl in Wildwood, N.J. The disposition of that case was not immediately available.

The new arrest means felony weapon possession charges for the Improta brothers, Ms. Rojack and Ms. Cirillo, as well as misdemeanor drug possession charges for Anthony Improta.

All four were arraigned Friday in Stapleton Criminal Court. The Improtas were ordered held on $50,000 bail, while Ms. Rojack and Ms. Cirillo were released on their own recognizance until their next court date.