Suburban man gets 8 years for trafficking guns into Chicago

A Lyons man will spend more than eight years in prison for trafficking guns into Chicago.

John Phillips was sentenced Thursday.

Investigators say from 2016 to 2018, the 26-year-old worked with people to bring in dozens of weapons from Kentucky. Several ended up being found at crime scenes in the city.

Two other people, including a Chicago man, were expected to be sentenced Thursday.

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