PHILADELPHIA (November 22, 2023) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Wednesday issued the following statement on Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker’s appointment of Kevin Bethel to lead the Philadelphia Police Department: “As a seasoned law enforcement professional who has served for decades...
PHILADELPHIA (November 13, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced on Monday that Christina Kolenda (DOB 4/28/87) and Maurice Allen (DOB 8/7/91) have been arrested and will be charged for...
PHILADELPHIA (November 6, 2023) – Seventeen years after being picked up by police for violating a curfew for teens, and 15 years after being convicted for a murder for which he is likely innocent, David Sparks of Nicetown was ordered freed from prison on Monday by Court of Common Pleas Judge...
PHILADELPHIA (November 6, 2023) – The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Election Task Force (ETF) will be activated for the municipal general election starting Tuesday morning on November 7. Dozens of Assistant District Attorneys and DA Detectives will be on call to investigate...
PHILADELPHIA (November 2, 2023) – Ten years after being arrested for a murder for which they were wrongfully convicted, and almost two years after the Commonwealth conceded both of their due process rights had been violated, co-defendants Curtis Kingwood and Faheem Davis were exonerated of...
PHILADELPHIA (November 2, 2023) – The Court of Common Pleas on Thursday agreed that Eddie Ramirez’s conviction for a brutal 1995 robbery-murder in a Northeast Philadelphia laundromat should be vacated, following a concession by District Attorney Larry Krasner’s administration...
PHILADELPHIA (October 30, 2023) — District Attorney Larry Krasner and prosecutors with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shootings Unit announced on Monday that Michael Ortiz (DOB 1/11/98) was convicted by a jury of First Degree Murder and related...
PHILADELPHIA (October 23, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Special Investigations Unit on Monday announced that it had secured the convictions of a former Philadelphia Police officer and a former Catholic priest in separate prosecutions alleging child sexual abuse and assault. On Friday,...
PHILADELPHIA (October 20, 2023) – The District Attorney’s Homicide/Non-Fatal Shootings Unit will be prosecuting three individuals from New Jersey for their alleged roles in the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez and attempted murder of Officer Raul Ortiz at the...
PHILADELPHIA (October 19, 2023) — Members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced on Thursday that two suspects were arrested and charged for their roles in a carjacking and burglary of a West Philadelphia pharmacy during last month’s...