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WATCH: Moments after he was sentenced to 15-30 yrs in prison for role in multi-county gun trafficking network, Horace Kieffer Jr. 38, of Pottstown, Pa., angrily utters “suck a dick” to reporter who asked for his reaction to the sentence as he was escorted by sheriff’s deputies.
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
WATCH: Moments after he was sentenced to 15-30 yrs in prison for role in multi-county gun trafficking network, Horace Kieffer Jr. 38, of Pottstown, Pa., angrily utters “suck a dick” to reporter who asked for his reaction to the sentence as he was escorted by sheriff’s deputies.
Pottstown, Pa. man — ‘danger to the community’ — gets prison for gun trafficking. THE DETAILS: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/23/p...
Pottstown man — ‘danger to the community’ — gets prison for gun trafficking
A Pottstown man who was linked to a gun trafficking network after he struggled with borough police as they tried to arrest him for pointing a gun at another man will spend at least 15 years behind …
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December 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Pottstown, Pa. man — ‘danger to the community’ — gets prison for gun trafficking. THE DETAILS: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/23/p...
#MontcoPa Prosecutor Kathleen McLaughlin sought a lengthy prison term for gun trafficker Horace Kieffer Jr., of Pottstown, Pa., arguing his past criminal history & his current gun crimes made him a danger to the community.
December 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#MontcoPa Prosecutor Kathleen McLaughlin sought a lengthy prison term for gun trafficker Horace Kieffer Jr., of Pottstown, Pa., arguing his past criminal history & his current gun crimes made him a danger to the community.
WATCH: #MontcoPa Prosecutor Robert Waeltz Jr. describes March 11, 2024, incident during which Pottstown, Pa., police took gun trafficker Horace Kieffer Jr. - armed with 2 handguns & wearing body armor - into custody during intense, dangerous encounter.
December 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WATCH: #MontcoPa Prosecutor Robert Waeltz Jr. describes March 11, 2024, incident during which Pottstown, Pa., police took gun trafficker Horace Kieffer Jr. - armed with 2 handguns & wearing body armor - into custody during intense, dangerous encounter.
WATCH: #MontcoPa Prosecutor Robert Waeltz Jr. said police bodycam footage of March 11, 2024 arrest of gun trafficker Horace Kieffer Jr. in Pottstown, Pa. showed just how dangerous & erratic Kieffer was.
December 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
WATCH: #MontcoPa Prosecutor Robert Waeltz Jr. said police bodycam footage of March 11, 2024 arrest of gun trafficker Horace Kieffer Jr. in Pottstown, Pa. showed just how dangerous & erratic Kieffer was.
Horace Kieffer Jr., 38, of Pottstown, Pa., who was linked to a gun trafficking network after he struggled with police as they tried to arrest him for allegedly pointing a gun at another man was sentenced to 15-30 years in prison. #MontcoPa judge says he’s “a danger to community”
December 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Horace Kieffer Jr., 38, of Pottstown, Pa., who was linked to a gun trafficking network after he struggled with police as they tried to arrest him for allegedly pointing a gun at another man was sentenced to 15-30 years in prison. #MontcoPa judge says he’s “a danger to community”
Two Pottstown, Pa. men sent to prison for multiple illegal gun transfers. THE DETAILS: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/19/p...
Pottstown men sent to prison for multiple illegal gun transfers
Saying their conduct posed a danger to the public, a judge sentenced two Pottstown men to lengthy prison terms on charges they participated in multiple illegal gun transfers, activities that prosec…
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December 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Two Pottstown, Pa. men sent to prison for multiple illegal gun transfers. THE DETAILS: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/19/p...
Desmond Tyon “Dez” Bennett of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by a deputy sheriff from #MontcoPa courtroom to begin 18-37 year prison term for multiple illegal gun transfers as part of gun trafficking network that had ties to Montgomery & Berks counties
December 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Desmond Tyon “Dez” Bennett of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by a deputy sheriff from #MontcoPa courtroom to begin 18-37 year prison term for multiple illegal gun transfers as part of gun trafficking network that had ties to Montgomery & Berks counties
WATCH: Desmond Tyon “Dez” Bennett, 33, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by sheriff’s deputies to a #MontcoPa Courtroom for his sentencing hearing for multiple illegal gun transfers linked to a gun trafficking network that had ties to Montgomery & Berks counties
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
WATCH: Desmond Tyon “Dez” Bennett, 33, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by sheriff’s deputies to a #MontcoPa Courtroom for his sentencing hearing for multiple illegal gun transfers linked to a gun trafficking network that had ties to Montgomery & Berks counties
WATCH: Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted from a #MontcoPa courtroom by sheriff’s deputies to begin serving 20-42 years in prison for multiple illegal gun transfers & for firing a gun at another motorist during road rage incident
December 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
WATCH: Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted from a #MontcoPa courtroom by sheriff’s deputies to begin serving 20-42 years in prison for multiple illegal gun transfers & for firing a gun at another motorist during road rage incident
Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted from a #MontcoPa courtroom by a deputy sheriff to begin serving 20-42 years in prison for multiple illegal gun transfers & fir firing a gun at another motorist during road rage incident
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted from a #MontcoPa courtroom by a deputy sheriff to begin serving 20-42 years in prison for multiple illegal gun transfers & fir firing a gun at another motorist during road rage incident
WATCH: Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by sheriff’s deputies to a #MontcoPa Courtroom for his sentencing hearing for multiple illegal gun transfers linked to a gun trafficking network that had ties to Montgomery & Berks counties
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
WATCH: Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by sheriff’s deputies to a #MontcoPa Courtroom for his sentencing hearing for multiple illegal gun transfers linked to a gun trafficking network that had ties to Montgomery & Berks counties
Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by a deputy sheriff to a #MontcoPa Courtroom for his sentencing hearing after a jury CONVICTED him of participating in multiple illegal gun transfers, linked to gun trafficking network in Montgomery & Berks counties
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Keith “Shagy” Chaney, 28, of Pottstown, Pa., is escorted by a deputy sheriff to a #MontcoPa Courtroom for his sentencing hearing after a jury CONVICTED him of participating in multiple illegal gun transfers, linked to gun trafficking network in Montgomery & Berks counties
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December 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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It’s Thurs. Dec. 11, 2025
Whether you live in Pottstown or Norristown areas of Pennsylvania we have your #localnews covered! #headlines
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December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It’s Thurs. Dec. 11, 2025
Whether you live in Pottstown or Norristown areas of Pennsylvania we have your #localnews covered! #headlines
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Pottstown, Pa. man jailed for trafficking methamphetamine in borough. THE DETAILS FROM #MontcoPa COURT: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/10/p...
Pottstown man jailed for trafficking methamphetamine in borough
Pottstown man jailed for trafficking methamphetamine in borough
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December 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Pottstown, Pa. man jailed for trafficking methamphetamine in borough. THE DETAILS FROM #MontcoPa COURT: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/10/p...
Pottstown, Pa. man sentenced for role in illegal gun transfers. THE DETAILS: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/09/p...
Pottstown man sentenced for role in illegal gun transfers
A Pottstown man won’t face any additional time behind bars but faces continued court supervision in the form of probation on charges he participated in two illegal gun transfers as part of a sophis…
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December 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Pottstown, Pa. man sentenced for role in illegal gun transfers. THE DETAILS: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/09/p...
Philadelphia man sentenced for role in gun trafficking network. THE DETAILS HERE: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/01/p...
Philadelphia man sentenced for role in gun trafficking network
A Philadelphia man faces eight years of court supervision after he admitted to taking part in the illegal transfer of four firearms to the leader of a multi-county gun trafficking organization.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Philadelphia man sentenced for role in gun trafficking network. THE DETAILS HERE: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/12/01/p...
Philadelphia man sent to prison for purchasing 41 guns for gun trafficking network. THE DETAILS FROM #MontcoPa COURT: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/11/24/p...
Philadelphia man sent to prison for purchasing 41 guns for gun trafficking network
A Philadelphia man who purchased 41 firearms for the ringleader of a multi-county gun trafficking network who illegally obtained and put nearly 100 guns on the streets is headed to prison for more …
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November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Philadelphia man sent to prison for purchasing 41 guns for gun trafficking network. THE DETAILS FROM #MontcoPa COURT: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/11/24/p...
Saying it was the only way to keep the public safe, #MontcoPa judge ensures Brian Groo of Horsham, who had prior conviction for possessing child porn will spend rest of his life in prison on new charges he sexually abused an infant, filmed the abuse & shared it with others online
October 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Saying it was the only way to keep the public safe, #MontcoPa judge ensures Brian Groo of Horsham, who had prior conviction for possessing child porn will spend rest of his life in prison on new charges he sexually abused an infant, filmed the abuse & shared it with others online
Brian Matthew Groo, 25, of Horsham, Pa., arrives in #MontcoPa Court for his sentencing hearing on charges he sexually abused infant, filmed the abuse & traded the images with others online. Groo pleaded guilty to child rape, trafficking of a minor & possessing child porn
October 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Brian Matthew Groo, 25, of Horsham, Pa., arrives in #MontcoPa Court for his sentencing hearing on charges he sexually abused infant, filmed the abuse & traded the images with others online. Groo pleaded guilty to child rape, trafficking of a minor & possessing child porn
WATCH: Brian Matthew Groo, 25, of Horsham, Pa., arrives in #MontcoPa Court for his sentencing hearing on charges he sexually abused infant, filmed the abuse & traded the images with others online. Prosecutors sought life prison term.
October 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
WATCH: Brian Matthew Groo, 25, of Horsham, Pa., arrives in #MontcoPa Court for his sentencing hearing on charges he sexually abused infant, filmed the abuse & traded the images with others online. Prosecutors sought life prison term.
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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October 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Good morning, it’s Sat. Oct. 11, 2025
Begin your weekend catching up on #localnews @MercuryX
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Pottstown, Pa. man enters no contest plea in New Hanover road rage incident. THE DETAILS FROM #MontcoPa COURT: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/10/08/p...
Pottstown man enters no contest plea in New Hanover road rage incident
A Pottstown man already awaiting sentencing on charges related to illegal gun transfers has admitted that prosecutors could prove additional charges that he fired a gun at another motorist during a…
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October 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Pottstown, Pa. man enters no contest plea in New Hanover road rage incident. THE DETAILS FROM #MontcoPa COURT: www.pottsmerc.com/2025/10/08/p...