Frances S. Staten, 38, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to multiple charges of illegal sale or transfer of firearms, criminal use of a communication facility, prohibited offensive weapon, and conspiracy to sell or transfer firearms in connection with a Montgomery County gun trafficking organization allegedly led by three employees of JunkLuggers in Willow Grove, The Pottstown Mercury reported.
In January, eight participants (including Staten) were charged with illegally selling factory-made firearms as well as manufacturing and selling 3D-printed “ghost guns,” suppressors (aka silencers) and machine gun conversion devices, commonly known as “switches.”
Two of the plaintiffs—Charles Fulforth, 41, of the Jenkintown section of Abington Township, and Kelvin Roberts, 42, of Philadelphia—were convicted in July of first-degree murder and related crimes for killing a Lower Merion man and seriously wounding his mother…