PHILADELPHIA (June 26, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement team today announced $175,000 in violence prevention grant awards to eight community-based organizations that are focused on engaging our city’s youth and...
PHILADELPHIA (June 22, 2023) – A judge for the Court of Common Pleas on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by the leadership of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 over the District Attorney’s efforts to ensure police and prosecutors comply with the U.S. and Pennsylvania constitutions –...
PHILADELPHIA (June 19, 2023) – The District Attorney’s DATA (District Attorney’s Transparency Analytics) Lab on Monday released a report showing that stark racial disparities persist both within and outside the criminal legal system in the city of Philadelphia – known throughout the...
PHILADELPHIA (June 15, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement team today awarded $185,000 in violence prevention grants to eight community-based organizations that are focused on engaging our city’s youth and broader...
PHILADELPHIA (June 13, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and law enforcement partners on Tuesday announced the arrest of Kyree Dennis (DOB 07/29/1998), a fugitive wanted for murdering a 69-year-old male in a Citizens Bank ATM vestibule on the evening of March 3, 2022 in the city’s...
PHILADELPHIA (June 8, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Community Engagement team today announced $180,000 in violence prevention grant awards to six community-based organizations that are focused on engaging our city’s youth and broader...
PHILADELPHIA (June 5, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office are requesting the public’s help in locating five fugitives wanted for homicides committed in Northwest Philadelphia since 2021. Members of the public with information about these...
PHILADELPHIA (June 1, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit on Thursday announced the arrest of Raymond Harcum (DOB 02/02/1990), a fugitive wanted for fatally shooting 26-year-old Khalil Harris...
PHILADELPHIA (May 23, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced the arrests and charging yesterday of four suspects for their roles in five shootings in the city’s Strawberry Mansion section in July and...
PHILADELPHIA (May 22, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner joined community and non-profit partners on Monday to announce the findings of a comprehensive socio-economic report on the state of Philadelphia’s juvenile justice system. The analysis, Philadelphia’s Shifting Juvenile...