DOYLESTOWN, PA — A Delaware County man who admitted to buying guns later used in violent crimes across Philadelphia was sentenced Friday to up to 25 years in state prison, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Tahir Zahir, 30, of Sharon Hill, pleaded guilty in August to a series of felony charges including dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, unlawful sales of firearms, sales to an ineligible transferee, making false statements during gun purchases, firearm ownership violations, and criminal conspiracy. Judge Stephen A. Corr sentenced him to 12 to 25 years in prison, followed by two years of probation.
Prosecutors said Zahir acted as a “straw purchaser,” buying firearms on behalf of individuals who were prohibited from legally owning them. Between August 2018 and June 2023, investigators determined he bought 14 guns from stores across Bucks, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties. That included six firearms from Auger Precision Firearms in Croydon and another from The Bunker Gun Shop II in Chalfont…