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A Philadelphia man, who is already serving a life sentence for his role in a fatal Lower Merion home invasion, received additional prison time on Jan. 5 for participating in a gun trafficking organization.
Jeremy Fuentes, 27, was reportedly sentenced to 6 to 14 years in state prison after pleading guilty to various charges including conspiracy and the illegal transfer of firearms related to his role in a group that dealt in 3D-printed ghost guns, suppressors and machine gun conversion devices. Authorities discovered the gun-trafficking organization while investigating a December 2024 home invasion that left 61-year-old Bernadette Gaudio paralyzed and her son Andrew dead.
Prosecutors said Fuentes relayed information to his coworkers, Charles Edward Fulforth and Kelvin Roberts Jr., that led to the deadly burglary of the Gaudio residence, where the three men hoped to find guns for their firearm-trafficking scheme. Fulforth and Roberts both were convicted of first-degree murder for their part in the home invasion, and they are serving additional time for gun-trafficking-related charges.
Fuentes will serve the 6-to-14-year term he received for pleading to the gun-trafficking charges consecutively to the life term he is serving for his role in the fatal home invasion.
