A Philadelphia man was among two people charged for allegedly trafficking nearly 60 guns into Philadelphia from South Carolina, according to federal authorities.
United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced charges Friday against Terrance Darby, 41, and Ontavious Plumer, 32. Both men face charges of unlicensed dealing and transport of firearms, conspiracy to engage in unlicensed dealing of firearms and to make false statements to a federally licensed firearms dealer.
Darby would allegedly place orders for firearms with Plumer, who would then direct co-conspirators to straw purchase firearms and transport them to Darby and his co-conspirator in Philadelphia, an Eastern District of Pennsylvania Department of Justice release said. Prosecutors say Friday's announcement is the third of its kind over the last two months in an effort to thwart the flow of illegal guns to Philadelphia known federally as "the iron pipeline."
In April, prosecutors brought charges against multiple people in two different cases involving the unlawful trafficking of approximately"With today’s charges, we have shut off yet another valve to stem the flow of guns into Philadelphia," U.S. Attorney Williams said. "Our Office is working with urgency and determination to get guns off the streets of our city."
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