PHILADELPHIA (July 6, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner issued the following statement on the ongoing criminal investigation of an incident that resulted in serious injury to two police officers during July 4th celebrations on the Parkway, which prompted terrified attendees to run away...
PHILADELPHIA (June 30, 2022) – District Attorney Larry Krasner, public school teachers, and LGBTQ+ community leaders on Thursday united to denounce bigoted legislation aimed at further isolating and marginalizing LGBTQ+ youth and punishing queer-affirming educators. The GOP-controlled state...
PHILADELPHIA (June 27, 2022) — A Philadelphia judge found Quayshon Glass (DOB 8/16/1999) guilty of Aggravated Assault and Possession of an Instrument of Crime stemming from a traffic accident and shooting that occurred in West Philly last year.While driving east on Baltimore Avenue on the evening...
PHILADELPHIA (June 24, 2022) – Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn 50 years of precedent on abortion rights, District Attorney Larry Krasner vowed to support and protect reproductive rights in Philadelphia from authoritarian efforts to criminalize patients and medical providers...
PHILADELPHIA (June 23, 2022) – Following a monthslong investigation by Philadelphia Police, with support from law enforcement agencies including the ATF and U.S. Marshals, two individuals will be prosecuted by the District Attorney’s Office for the March 2022 fatal shooting of Sean Toomey,15,...
PHILADELPHIA (June 22, 2022) — A Philadelphia judge found Raheem Hutchinson (DOB 4/26/1999) guilty of Possession with Intent to Distribute methamphetamine, fentanyl, and oxycodone, as well as various illegal firearm charges after a recent bench trial. Hutchinson is a known associate of a street...
PHILADELPHIA (June 16, 2022) — A Philadelphia jury convicted Daryl Burns (DOB 7/11/1993) of murder for the fatal shooting of 40-year-old Richard Jackson on the evening of July 15, 2018, in the city’s West Passyunk section. Burns was found guilty of First Degree Murder, illegal firearm...
PHILADELPHIA (June 13, 2022) – The following is a statement on Pennsylvania Republicans’ ongoing and increasingly desperate attempts to overturn elections they can’t win because of their multi-decade record of failure to deliver what communities across the Commonwealth want and deserve to be...
PHILADELPHIA (June 13, 2022) – After receiving new information that places him at a January 5, 2021, meeting with individuals now federally indicted for their leadership roles in planning the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the District Attorney’s Office (DAO) has asked the...
PHILADELPHIA (June 8, 2022) – The District Attorney’s Office released the following update on the investigation of a mass shooting incident on Saturday, June 4th, that occurred in the South Street business and entertainment district in which three people were killed, including one of the...