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NY woman pleads not guilty to gun charge connected to ex-neighbor's deadly attack

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Dawn Nguyen, left, arrives with one of her lawyers at Henrietta Town Court Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013, in Rochester, N.Y. Nugyen is accused of lying on a form when she bought guns later used by ex-convict William Spengler Jr. to kill two firefighters and wound three others in Webster, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Guy Solimano) (The Associated Press)

Dawn Nguyen, left, arrives with one of her lawyers at Henrietta Town Court Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013, in Rochester, N.Y. Nugyen is accused of lying on a form when she bought guns later used by ex-convict William Spengler Jr. to kill two firefighters and wound three others in Webster, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Guy Solimano) (The Associated Press)

Dawn Nguyen, left, arrives with one of her lawyers at Henrietta Town Court Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013, in Rochester, N.Y. Nugyen is accused of lying on a form when she bought guns later used by ex-convict William Spengler Jr. to kill two firefighters and wound three others in Webster, N.Y. (AP Photo/ Guy Solimano) (The Associated Press)

A woman who bought two guns used by a former neighbor in a deadly Christmas Eve ambush of firefighters has pleaded not guilty to a state charge of filing a falsified business record.

Dawn Nguyen made a brief court appearance on Tuesday in Henrietta Town Court. The 24-year-old is free on the condition she not leave Monroe County except to attend college classes in a neighboring county.

Nguyen is accused of lying on a form when she bought guns later used by ex-convict William Spengler Jr. to kill two firefighters and wound three other first responders in Webster. She faces the same charge in federal court.

Her lawyer says Nguyen's family for a time lived next door to Spengler, and she knew him as "Uncle Billy."