PHILADELPHIA (December 15, 2022) – The District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force (GVTF), which comprises police officers, state agents, and county prosecutors, has received $20 million from the Pennsylvania Gun Violence Investigation & Prosecution (GIVIP) program. The award is part...
PHILADELPHIA (December 12, 2022) — A Philadelphia jury has found Muhammad Jabbar (DOB 2/27/1979) guilty of Aggravated Assault (F1), VUFA 6105 (F1), and VUFA 6106 (F3), for his role in a non-fatal shooting that occurred in the city’s Kensington section on the evening of August 21, 2021.The...
PHILADELPHIA (December 8, 2022) — Prosecutors with the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit announced the conviction and sentencing of Saedair Lindsey (9/6/2000) and Tyrek McWilliams (3/30/1992) for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Tahj...
PHILADELPHIA (December 6, 2022) — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced today that Nasir Watson (5/9/2000) was found guilty by a jury of First Degree Murder, Violation of the Uniform Firearms Act – 6106 (F3), Possession of an Instrument of Crime (M1), and Recklessly...
PHILADELPHIA (December 2, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Friday filed a Petition for Review in the Nature of a Complaint for Declaratory Judgement and an Application for Summary Relief and Expedited Briefing in Commonwealth Court in response to unlawful impeachment proceedings...
PHILADELPHIA (December 1, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner joined leaders of the Philly LGBTQ+ community and family members of Shahere “Diamond” Jackson-McDonald in urging members of the public who have information about her murder last month to contact Philadelphia Police to...
PHILADELPHIA (November 30, 2022) – A growing number of elected officials, community organizers, gun violence survivors, and civic leaders continues to denounce MAGA GOP lawmakers’ anti-democratic effort to remove District Attorney Larry Krasner, who has committed no impeachable...
PHILADELPHIA (November 29, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner on Tuesday issued the following statement regarding Commonwealth v. Eric Ruch: “Yesterday, my office filed a motion respectfully requesting the Court of Common Pleas to reconsider its sentence of 11½ to 23 months incarceration...
PHILADELPHIA (November 17, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner issued the following statement following a sentencing hearing for former Philadelphia Police Officer Eric Ruch, who was convicted last month for the killing of an unarmed Black man: “On December 27, 2017, then-Philadelphia...
PHILADELPHIA (November 16, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner issued the following statement after the Pennsylvania House Republican majority voted for an impeachment resolution despite there being no recommendation by a Select Committee authorized to investigate and find misconduct by the...