NORRISTOWN — Already serving a life sentence for his role in a deadly home invasion burglary in Lower Merion, a Philadelphia man faces additional prison time after admitting to participating in a gun trafficking organization.
Kelvin Roberts Jr., 42, of the 7200 block of North 21st Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court on Friday to 5 to 10 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of corrupt organizations, illegal transfer of firearms and conspiracy in connection with his role in the gun trafficking activities between June 2024 and January 2025.
Judge Risa Vetri Ferman, who accepted a plea agreement in the case, said the sentence will run consecutively to the life prison term that Roberts received in September after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder in connection with his role in the Dec. 8, 2024, fatal home invasion at a residence in the unit block of Meredith Road in Lower Merion. Roberts also previously received a consecutive sentence of 55½ to 120 years on other charges in connection with the deadly home invasion…