Pottstown man admits to role in multi-county gun trafficking network

Jenkintown man jailed for engaging in straw purchase scheme

NORRISTOWN — A Jenkintown man was sent to jail for engaging in a straw purchase scheme on behalf of a multi-county gun trafficking network during which he purchased multiple firearms for the leader of the organization who was not permitted to possess guns. Brett Nikolai Portner, 25, of the 600 block of Forrest Avenue, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½ to 23 months in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to charges of sale or tra…

Pottstown man admits to role in multi-county gun trafficking network

NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man whose stabbing injuries during an incident in Berks County triggered an investigation that resulted in authorities dismantling a multi-county gun trafficking network has admitted to his role in that organization. James Darell Hiller, 19, of the 600 block of Beech Street, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to felony charges of corrupt organizations, selling or transferring firearms to ineligible persons, crimin…