PHILADELPHIA (June 20, 2025)—In observance of Gun Violence Awareness Month and the beginning of summer in Philadelphia, District Attorney Larry Krasner and the Philadelphia Foundation awarded $600,000 in violence prevention microgrants to 26 community-based 501(c)(3) organizations on Friday....
PHILADELPHIA (June 9, 2025)—“The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office is proud to join over a dozen other prosecutors from around the country in pushing back against President Donald Trump’s and billionaire Elon Musk’s wildly inappropriate and draconian cuts to federal...
PHILADELPHIA (June 2, 2025)—Members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Elder Justice Unit on Monday announced charges against Quay Fetherson (DOB 8/7/1988) for defrauding 15 intellectually challenged Philadelphia seniors from 2018 to 2024. Fetherson’s charges include 15 counts...
PHILADELPHIA (May 27, 2025)—Please attribute the following to a spokesperson for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office: “The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office joins Mayor Cherelle Parker, local elected officials, law enforcement, and the Philadelphia community in...
PHILADELPHIA (May 22, 2025)—District Attorney Larry Krasner issued the following statement following a jury conviction of former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial: “On Thursday, May 22, 2025, a jury convicted former Philadelphia Police Officer Mark Dial of Voluntary Manslaughter, Possession...
PHILADELPHIA (May 19, 2025)—The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Election Task Force (ETF) will be activated for the municipal primary election starting at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20. Polling location complaints and reported infractions of the Pennsylvania Election Code will be...
PHILADELPHIA (May 19, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit on Monday announced the conviction of two defendants for their involvement in the murders of four people in 2022, all of which took...
PHILADELPHIA (May 14, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Gun Violence Task Force on Wednesday announced charges against Hakim Bryant (DOB 2/5/73) for opening fire on a SEPTA bus in the city’s Brewerytown section on Saturday. Three teenagers and an...
PHILADELPHIA (May 8, 2025)—The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Unit on Wednesday night charged Dachan Seay (DOB 10/24/94) with two counts of Aggravated Assault and related charges for his role in the shooting and wounding of a 19th District...
PHILADELPHIA (May 5, 2025)—Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office Gun Violence Task Force announced on Monday that Elizabeth Tejeda (DOB: 12/2/89), a New York resident, pleaded guilty in April to numerous charges for her role...