Kenneth Darien Lyles III, 31, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 12½ to 25 years in prison for his role in a gun trafficking network which involved the illegal purchase or transfer of 40 firearms and operated in Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh, Lackawanna and Philadelphia counties between 2020 and 2023, Mainline Media News reported.

Lyles pleaded guilty to charges of corrupt organizations, selling firearms to ineligible persons, dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities, unsworn falsification and conspiracy in connection.

According to the story, only six of the 20 firearms purchased by Lyles have been recovered, including one allegedly used by a suspect in a bank robbery in Jenkintown.

The gun purchases were made at firearms dealers in Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh, Philadelphia and Lackawanna counties.

The Montgomery County Detective Bureau’s Violent Crime Unit, the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General’s Gun Violence Task Force and the Philadelphia Police Department investigated the gun trafficking organization.

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