PHILADELPHIA (October 16, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner, elected officials and justice partners today jointly released a report analyzing the negative impacts of the Thurmond Amendment of the Fair Housing Act on individuals and communities across Pennsylvania. The report titled Housing...
PHILADELPHIA (October 6, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Tuesday announced the third-degree murder convictions of Dominique Bailey and Kevin Spencer for fatally beating Bailey’s four-year-old son, Damari Carter, in 2023. A...
PHILADELPHIA (October 5, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Monday announced a recent third-degree murder conviction of defendant Darien Ramsey for a 2024 fatal beating in North Philadelphia. A jury convicted Defendant Darien...
PHILADELPHIA (September 25, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Friday announced a third-degree murder conviction of defendant Tahir Shoatz for his involvement in a 2024 mass shooting in West Philadelphia in which three people were...
PHILADELPHIA (September 18, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced charges against Defendant Chardae Sapp for her role in a fatal fire that killed one person and injured four others in the city’s Kingsessing neighborhood...
PHILADELPHIA (September 11, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Friday announced the sentencing of defendant Zaakir McClendon for the murder of 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde, the wounding of four other children outside Roxborough High...
PHILADELPHIA (September 2, 2026) — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner issued the following statement regarding the Common Pleas Court’s issuance of an injunction against the operator of Nipsey’s Hookah Lounge, the illegal speakeasy where off-duty Philadelphia Police Officer...
PHILADELPHIA (September 1, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Tuesday announced charges against defendant Alexis Flores for the kidnapping and murder of five-year-old I’riana De Jesus in 2000. Defendant Alexis Flores (DOB...
PHILADELPHIA (August 31, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the DAO’s Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit on Monday announced the first-degree murder conviction and sentencing of Justin Smith in the 2021 killing of Dianna Brice and her unborn child. A jury convicted Justin Smith...
PHILADELPHIA (August 26, 2026) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and law enforcement partners highlighted nine suspects on Wednesday wanted in connection with homicides committed in Northwest and South Philadelphia since 2020. Authorities are asking the public to provide tips on the...