Pottstown man sent to prison for illegal gun transfers

NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man faces at least eight years behind bars for participating in multiple illegal gun transfers as part of a sophisticated multi-county gun trafficking network.

Maleec Darrius Borders, 24, of the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 8 to 20 years in a state correctional institution after he pleaded guilty to charges of corrupt organizations, illegal sale or transfer of firearms, conspiracy and possession of a prohibited firearm in connection with incidents that occurred between January and July 2024.

Borders was among nine men from Pottstown and Berks County who were arrested in July 2024 and linked to the gun trafficking organization whose members illegally obtained or manufactured and sold handguns, 3-D printed ghost guns, suppressors and switches…

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