A May 24 preliminary hearing is scheduled for a Pacific Beach man who is charged with 22 counts of possession of firearm silencers, ghost gun weapons, and several assaults of women.

Christian Joseph Wydajewski, 28, appeared on April 4 before San Diego Superior Court Judge Francis Devaney, who set the preliminary hearing.

Wydajewski remains free on bond and has pleaded not guilty. His attorney requested a delay in the preliminary hearing.

The charges stem from a Dec. 31, 2022, visit by San Diego Police officers to his home in the 2300 block of Grand Avenue in response to a domestic violence restraining order and search warrant. They confiscated a cache of weapons, according to a press release.

During the search, detectives recovered two unserialized AR15 ghost gun rifles, which police said were assault weapons. A fully automatic conversion device, commonly called a “Glock switch,” was found, and mere possession of the device is considered possession of a machine gun, said police.

Also seized were two Derringer-style firearms, a loaded Glock handgun, firearm silencers, firearm manufacturing equipment, body armor, $2,000 in cash, and 9 grams of cocaine.

Wydajewski was carrying a loaded ghost gun on himself, which was discovered when he was patted down by officers. Silencers and kits that help piece a gun together were found in his car, according to police. Ghost guns are unregistered firearms without serial numbers, which are obtained through the mail.

He is accused of assaulting two women on Sept. 18 and Dec. 18, 2022. Wydajewski is charged with making a criminal threat to one woman and four counts of disobeying court orders and vandalism involving that woman. One charge says he was prohibited from possessing a firearm by a protective order from a judge.

Wydajewski denies all the charges.