HARRISBURG, PA — A Philadelphia man was sentenced Thursday to 9 to 18 years in state prison after pleading guilty to soliciting a murder and illegally purchasing and trafficking dozens of firearms, according to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office.
Richard Taylor, 39, pleaded guilty to solicitation of murder, straw purchasing 31 firearms, and related offenses stemming from an investigation conducted by the Office of Attorney General’s Gun Violence Task Force.
Prosecutors said the case expanded beyond firearms trafficking after investigators learned Taylor had attempted to hire another person to kill a man while arranging the illegal sale of a firearm…